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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| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| outgoing | going away : departing |