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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embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
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assimilateto take into the mind and thoroughly understand
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