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 |
|---|---|
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| cataclysm | flood |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |