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 |
|---|---|
| rarefied | being less dense |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |