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 |
|---|---|
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |