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
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
insuperableincapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved
donto put on (an article of clothing)
blithelacking due thought or consideration : casual
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control
debonairsuave
foppishfoolish
deferencerespect and esteem due a superior or an elder
theocracygovernment of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
resurgeto undergo a resurgence