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 |
|---|---|
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| mischance | bad luck |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |