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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| hazard | a source of danger |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ยน/โโ millimeter or less in diameter |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| drivel | nonsense |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |