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 |
|---|---|
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| contest | strive |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |