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 |
|---|---|
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| eventual | contingent |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |