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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oversee | survey |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |