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 |
|---|---|
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |