GRE Word List
EMBROIL
to throw into disorder or confusion
The meaning of the word embroil is to throw into disorder or confusion.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |