GRE Word List
SKIMP
skimpy
The meaning of the word skimp is skimpy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| biennial | occurring every two years |