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 |
|---|---|
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| portly | dignified |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |