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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conflagrationfire
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mealymouthednot plain and straightforward : devious
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
foilto prevent from attaining an end : defeat
enigmasomething hard to understand or explain
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agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable