GRE Word List

TURBULENCE

the quality or state of being turbulent: such as

The meaning of the word turbulence is the quality or state of being turbulent: such as.

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hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
oscillateto swing backward and forward like a pendulum
enlivento give life, action, or spirit to : animate
disfigureto impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries
anthema song or hymn of praise or gladness
apeany of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon)
run-downan item-by-item report or review : summary
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
nostalgiaa wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
aggrandizeto make great or greater : increase