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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |