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 |
|---|---|
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |