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 |
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tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
flounder | flatfish |
soar | to fly aloft or about |
putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
brisk | keenly alert : lively |
importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |