GRE Word List
MELEE
a confused struggle
The meaning of the word melee is a confused struggle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| quench | put out |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |