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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WordMeaning
empiricaloriginating in or based on observation or experience
marginalwritten or printed in the margin of a page or sheet
pliablesupple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking
depictto represent by or as if by a picture
desperadoa bold or violent criminal
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
repressto check by or as if by pressure : curb
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
prateto talk long and idly : chatter
inebriateone who is drunk