GRE Word List
INSUBORDINATION
disobedient to authority
The meaning of the word insubordination is disobedient to authority.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imbue | endow |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |