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 |
|---|---|
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| pliant | pliable |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |