GRE Word List
SCUFFLE
to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion
The meaning of the word scuffle is to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |