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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urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
strew | to spread by scattering |
rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |