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
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| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| mischance | bad luck |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |