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 |
|---|---|
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |