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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ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
pending | during |
integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
mote | a small particle : speck |
artful | performed with or showing art or skill |