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
inveighto protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail
jauntysprightly in manner or appearance : lively
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
laudpraise
bedizento dress or adorn gaudily
sluicean artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow
perpetualcontinuing forever : everlasting
bravadoblustering swaggering conduct
qualmsa feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
distinctivemarking as separate or different : serving to distinguish