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 |
|---|---|
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |