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 |
|---|---|
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |