GRE Word List
GRAPPLE
the act or an instance of grappling
The meaning of the word grapple is the act or an instance of grappling.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| lax | loose |
| niggle | trifle |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| whittle | a large knife |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |