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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docketa brief written summary of a document : abstract
decrepitudethe quality or state of being decrepit
revertto come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject)
dowrythe money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage
supererogatoryobserved or performed to an extent not enjoined or required
verbatimin the exact words : word for word
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
liquidateto determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts)
yoretime past and especially long past
levityexcessive or unseemly frivolity