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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| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| schism | division |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| contest | strive |