GRE Word List
SKIRMISH
a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements
The meaning of the word skirmish is a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| demented | mad |
| cadaver | a dead body |
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| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| distend | extend |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |