GRE Word List
BRAWL
to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle
The meaning of the word brawl is to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
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| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
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| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
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| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |