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 |
|---|---|
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |