GRE Word List

TURBID

thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment

The meaning of the word turbid is thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment.

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WordMeaning
augurydivination from auspices (see auspice
burnishto make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing
bristlinga short stiff coarse hair or filament
demographicthe statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets
gallowsa frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged
acridsharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating
severitythe quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh
moribundbeing in the state of dying : approaching death
ablutionthe washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite)
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate