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 |
|---|---|
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| commune | talk over |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| laud | praise |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |