GRE Word List
MELEE
a confused struggle
The meaning of the word melee is a confused struggle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| kismet | fate |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |