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 |
|---|---|
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |