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 |
|---|---|
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| rarefied | being less dense |
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| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |