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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| magnitude | great size or extent |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |