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 |
|---|---|
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |