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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WordMeaning
masona skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick)
lucrativeproducing wealth : profitable
credentialwarranting credit or confidence
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
clientelea body of clients
swaggerto conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner
jollitythe quality or state of being jolly : merriment
decrepitudethe quality or state of being decrepit
annihilateto cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains
dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate