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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| debonair | suave |
| foppish | foolish |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |