GRE Word List
MELEE
a confused struggle
The meaning of the word melee is a confused struggle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| hurl | rush |
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| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |