GRE Word List
FRACAS
a noisy quarrel : brawl
The meaning of the word fracas is a noisy quarrel : brawl.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |