GRE Word List
SKIMP
skimpy
The meaning of the word skimp is skimpy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| ponderous | of very great weight |