GRE Word List
INSURGENT
a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government
The meaning of the word insurgent is a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| disport | sport |
| wanton | merciless |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |