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
docileeasily taught
fervorintensity of feeling or expression
lurkto lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose
seasonablesuitable to the season or circumstances : timely
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
intermediarymediator
putativecommonly accepted or supposed
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
rancorbitter deep-seated ill will
conceitfavorable opinion