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turmoil

nounCommon GRE wordMore T words

a state of great disturbance or confusion

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Turmoil in a sentence

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The currency collapsed, and the months of turmoil that followed emptied the capital.

Synonyms
upheavaltumultchaos
Antonyms
tranquilitycalmorder

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Reviewers noted that the novelist, once known for blank prose, had pared her sentences down until scarcely a superfluous word remained.

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Turmoil (noun) means a state of great disturbance or confusion
Here is turmoil used in an example sentence: "The currency collapsed, and the months of turmoil that followed emptied the capital."
Common synonyms for turmoil include upheaval, tumult, chaos.
Antonyms of turmoil include tranquility, calm, order.
Turmoil is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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