GRE Word List

FRACAS

a noisy quarrel : brawl

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

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convertto bring over from one belief, view, or party to another
unanimitythe quality or state of being unanimous
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concatenatelinked together
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
chauvinistan attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex
egotismexcessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun
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retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
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