GRE Word List
ROIL
to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of
The meaning of the word roil is to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| impinge | encroach |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |