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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| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| gnarl | snarl |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |