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 |
|---|---|
| ancillary | subordinate |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |