GRE Word List
UPROAR
a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance
The meaning of the word uproar is a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| machinations | an act of machinating |