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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| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| stench | stink |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |