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 |
|---|---|
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| swill | wash |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |