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 |
|---|---|
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |