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 |
|---|---|
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| wreak | bring about |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
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