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.
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| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
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