GRE Word List
MELEE
a confused struggle
The meaning of the word melee is a confused struggle.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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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 |
hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
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 |