GRE Word List
SKITTISH
lively or frisky in action : capricious
The meaning of the word skittish is lively or frisky in action : capricious.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unsavory | insipid |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| license | permission to act |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |