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.

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accrueto come into existence as a legally enforceable claim
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emollientmaking soft or supple
strutto become turgid : swell
avantgardegroup of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
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