GRE Word List
MELEE
a confused struggle
The meaning of the word melee is a confused struggle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |