GRE Word List

INSUBORDINATION

disobedient to authority

The meaning of the word insubordination is disobedient to authority.

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WordMeaning
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
extantcurrently or actually existing
corporealhaving, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as
awean emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
ravagean act or practice of ravaging
tickleto touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
eclipticof or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse
meddlesomegiven to meddling
impietythe quality or state of being impious : irreverence
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them