GRE Word List
EMBROIL
to throw into disorder or confusion
The meaning of the word embroil is to throw into disorder or confusion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| plane | airplane |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| portly | dignified |