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 |
|---|---|
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| inequity | injustice |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |