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 |
|---|---|
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| leery | suspicious |
| brink | edge |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| rotunda | a round building |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |