GRE Word List
SKITTISH
lively or frisky in action : capricious
The meaning of the word skittish is lively or frisky in action : capricious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| sidetrack | siding |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |