GRE Word List
SEDITION
incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority
The meaning of the word sedition is incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| junket | trip |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |