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 |
|---|---|
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| dominate | rule |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |