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 |
|---|---|
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
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