GRE Word List
INSUBORDINATION
disobedient to authority
The meaning of the word insubordination is disobedient to authority.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| overthrow | overturn |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |