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.

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WordMeaning
boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined
polyglotone who is polyglot
embitterto excite bitter feelings in
earthyof, relating to, or consisting of earth
entourageone's attendants or associates
episodicmade up of separate especially loosely connected episodes
hazarda source of danger
disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
threshto separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically