GRE Word List
PERTURB
to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet
The meaning of the word perturb is to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| shambles | a meat market |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ยน/โโ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |