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 |
|---|---|
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |