GRE Word List
FRACAS
a noisy quarrel : brawl
The meaning of the word fracas is a noisy quarrel : brawl.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| seasonal | of, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |