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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| invalid | not valid: |
| seemly | good-looking |
| nomenclature | name |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |