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 |
|---|---|
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |