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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| delve | excavate |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |