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
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amend | to put right |
precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
scrappy | consisting of scraps |
gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |