GRE Word List
INSURRECTION
an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
The meaning of the word insurrection is an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |