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 |
|---|---|
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| actuary | clerk |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| slew | a large number |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |