ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsGgrapple
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grapple
Meaning: to struggle or wrestle with a difficult problem or opponent
grapple in a sentence
How grapple is used in real sentences:
The committee had to grapple with a shrinking budget and rising costs.
For weeks the scientists had to grapple with data that stubbornly contradicted their original theory.
“By autumn, sellers had to grapple with a storage shortage and falling fruit prices.”
— from the passage The Thursday Exchange
Synonyms for grapple
Other words for grapple — struggle, wrestle and tackle — carry the same meaning.
- struggle
- wrestle
- tackle
Antonyms of grapple
Words that mean the opposite of grapple:
- avoid
- ignore
Where it comes from
From Old French grapil 'hook, grappling iron'
Memory hook
GRAPPLE sounds like grip — grappling means gripping tightly onto a problem.