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 |
|---|---|
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| lewd | obscene |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |