GRE Word List
SKIFF
any of various small boats
The meaning of the word skiff is any of various small boats.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| pugilist | fighter |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| engender | beget |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| calorific | caloric |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |