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 |
|---|---|
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| reek | smoke |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| pending | during |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |