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 |
|---|---|
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |