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 |
|---|---|
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| reckon | count |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| ponderous | of very great weight |