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

WordMeaning
convertto bring over from one belief, view, or party to another
mimicryan instance of mimicking
shacklesomething (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms
bucolicof or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral
spasmodicrelating to or affected or characterized by spasm
diversediffering from one another : unlike
immureto enclose within or as if within walls
relegateto send into exile : banish
unmitigatednot lessened : unrelieved
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of