GRE Word List

INSUBORDINATION

disobedient to authority

The meaning of the word insubordination is disobedient to authority.

Random words

WordMeaning
facadethe front of a building
putativecommonly accepted or supposed
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor
garnerto gather into storage
peripherythe perimeter of a circle or other closed curve
rotundmarked by roundness : rounded
prevaricateto deviate from the truth : equivocate
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
mementosomething that serves to warn or remind
connotationsomething suggested by a word or thing : implication