GRE Word List
SCRIMMAGE
a minor battle : skirmish
The meaning of the word scrimmage is a minor battle : skirmish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |