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 |
|---|---|
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| nourish | nurture |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| 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") |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |