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
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
inditemake up
clefta space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure
lucremonetary gain : profit
heedto pay attention
overthrowoverturn
disbandto break up the organization of : dissolve
figmentsomething made up or contrived
touchstonea fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis
damnto condemn to a punishment or fate