GRE Word List

FRACAS

a noisy quarrel : brawl

The meaning of the word fracas is a noisy quarrel : brawl.

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WordMeaning
surrogateone appointed to act in place of another : deputy
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
manifestationthe act, process, or an instance of manifesting
conceptionthe process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both
veritablebeing in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary
penologya branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders
sanctuarya consecrated place: such as
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea