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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WordMeaning
dallyto act playfully
prelatean ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank
odiousarousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful
anecdotea usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
militantengaged in warfare or combat : fighting
desultorymarked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
embargoan order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports
discordlack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas)
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation