GRE Word List
TURMOIL
a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion
The meaning of the word turmoil is a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| impinge | encroach |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |