GRE Word List
SCRIMMAGE
a minor battle : skirmish
The meaning of the word scrimmage is a minor battle : skirmish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |