GRE Word List

MELEE

a confused struggle

The meaning of the word melee is a confused struggle.

Random words

WordMeaning
fronda large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions
qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
rancorbitter deep-seated ill will
analogya comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect
adeptthoroughly proficient : expert
betrothto promise to marry
hirelinga person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives
phoenixa legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
metropolisthe chief or capital city of a country, state, or region
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak