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 |
|---|---|
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |