GRE Word List

SKIFF

any of various small boats

The meaning of the word skiff is any of various small boats.

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precariousdependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
religiousrelating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity
assimilateto take into the mind and thoroughly understand
perspicuityplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
solublesusceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water
probea slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity)
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
razeto destroy to the ground : demolish
pertsaucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured