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 |
|---|---|
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| demise | death |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| niggle | trifle |