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

WordMeaning
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
aliasotherwise called : otherwise known as
dramaa composition (see composition
conjureto charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly
inciteto move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on
implacablenot placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
conducivetending to promote or assist
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
gargoylea spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group