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

WordMeaning
unequivocalleaving no doubt : clear
surfeitan overabundant supply : excess
carousala wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse
inveigleto win over by wiles : entice
converseto exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk
encomiasticone that praises : eulogist
tarnishto dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil
aversiona feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it
scintillaspark
felicitousvery well suited or expressed : apt