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 |
|---|---|
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |