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 |
|---|---|
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| dominate | rule |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| 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") |