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 |
|---|---|
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| quench | put out |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |