GRE Word List
MELEE
fight
The meaning of the word melee is fight.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obfuscate | confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex; make so confused as to be difficult to understand |
| combustible | easily burned; N. CF. combustion |
| championship | position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion |
| screech | unpleasant high sharp sound; shriek; V. |
| castrate | remove the sex organs (of a male animal or person) |
| plaster | paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls; V. |
| physiological | pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms; N. physiology |
| prolific | producing offspring or fruit in abundance; fertile; fecund; abundantly fruitful; producing abundant works; Ex. prolific writer |
| pare | cut away the outer covering or skin of (with a knife); trim; Ex. pare apples/expenses |
| spoonerism | accidental transposition of sounds in successive words; Ex. ``Let me sew you to your sheet'' for ``Let me show you to your seat''; CF. William Spooner |
