GRE Word List
MELEE
a confused struggle
The meaning of the word melee is a confused struggle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| prosody | the study of versification |