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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |