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 |
|---|---|
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |