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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| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| 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 |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |