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 |
|---|---|
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |