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 |
|---|---|
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| grudging | unwilling |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| misadventure | misfortune |