GRE Word List
SCRIMMAGE
a minor battle : skirmish
The meaning of the word scrimmage is a minor battle : skirmish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |