GRE Word List
INSUBORDINATION
disobedient to authority
The meaning of the word insubordination is disobedient to authority.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forlorn | bereft |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| diadem | crown |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| oversee | survey |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |