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.
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| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
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| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |