GRE Word List
SCRIMMAGE
a minor battle : skirmish
The meaning of the word scrimmage is a minor battle : skirmish.
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| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
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