GRE Word List
INSUBORDINATION
disobedient to authority
The meaning of the word insubordination is disobedient to authority.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |