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 |
|---|---|
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| reek | smoke |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |