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 |
|---|---|
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| lewd | obscene |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |