GRE Word List
SKIFF
any of various small boats
The meaning of the word skiff is any of various small boats.
Random words
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| benison | blessing |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |