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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inextricableforming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
elevationthe height to which something is elevated: such as
nibbill
foistto introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
imperceptiblenot perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle
congenitalexisting at or dating from birth
circuita usually circular line encompassing an area