GRE Word List
FRACAS
a noisy quarrel : brawl
The meaning of the word fracas is a noisy quarrel : brawl.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| dire | exciting horror |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| betray | to lead astray |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| retrench | cut down |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |