GRE Word List
COUP
a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état
The meaning of the word coup is a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| query | question |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |