GRE Word List
DISSIDENT
disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief
The meaning of the word dissident is disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |