GRE Word List
DISAFFECTED
discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious
The meaning of the word disaffected is discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
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| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
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| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |