GRE Word of the Day : Melee (n)
Melee (n)
Mela… Indian fair
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Melee….. Mela (fair) is an old tradition of Indian heritage. But you have heard many times in my small life span that in the melee of different Kumbh Melas, hundreds of people die every year. That might be God’s will!!!!!
Melee: a crowd of people rushing about in different […]
Popularity: 19% [?]
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Melee (n)
Mela… Indian fair
(All images courtesy by:stephen-knapp.com )
Melee….. Mela (fair) is an old tradition of Indian heritage. But you have heard many times in my small life span that in the melee of different Kumbh Melas, hundreds of people die every year. That might be God’s will!!!!!
Melee: a crowd of people rushing about in different directions & doing different things; scrimmage.
Eg:
>> Mohit’s sister eloped in the melee of Kumbh Mela.
>> Diana lost her Diamond ring in the melee.
>> A verbal disagreement at the football game soon turned into a general melee involving scores of spectators
Synonyms affray, fracas, fray, free-for-all, row, ruckus, ruction
Related Words battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, fight, fisticuffs, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, struggle, roughhousing; altercation, argument, dispute, quarrel, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
Melee(Antonym)
A) horseplay
B) contension
C) tussle
D) reason
E) tiff
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#1. July 21st, 2006, at 2:23 AM.
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