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 |
|---|---|
| conflagration | fire |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |