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 |
|---|---|
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| welter | writhe |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |