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 |
|---|---|
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| reverberate | reflect |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |