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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WordMeaning
piedof two or more colors in blotches
inequityinjustice
forumthe marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business
quackto make the characteristic cry of a duck
decapitateto cut off the head of : behead
intelligentsiaintellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite
moribundbeing in the state of dying : approaching death
shrivelto draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture
bereftdeprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
onomatopoeiathe naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss)