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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| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
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| homily | a usually short sermon |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
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| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |