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 |
|---|---|
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| headlong | headfirst |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| guy | man |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |