280. Revolt - GRE Vocabulary - Revolt / Revulsion / Revolting

Revolt : 반란, 봉기, 저항, 반란을 일으키다, 반발하다, 반항하다, 들고일어나다, 혐오감을 주다, 역겹게하다

revolution : 혁명, 변혁, 공전

Revulsion : 혐오감, 역겨움, (혐오감을 동반한)공포감, 충격

Revolting : 혐오스러운, 역겨운

 

1)

To revolt, to rebel against authority

the peasants revolt

a revolt agaisnt status quo, this is the revolution

The farmers revolted agaisnt the new government taxes

the army was in revolt against its commenders

insurrection, rebellion, rising, uprising, revolution, mutiny

to take violent actions against authority

be in revolt

Formality : 5

 

 

2) 

to repel greatly to find something disgusting

the smell of rotten fish revolts me

it's revolting smell

unpleasantly shocked, disgusted

unpleasant feeling

to nauseate

 

He looked at the food with revulsion, a sudden feeling of disgusting, a sense of loathing

an intense revulsion

repugnance, horror

 

revolting, disgusting, horrible

 

As seen in a pun of old British English, the peasants are revolting

are they disgusting? or are they revolution?

the former was used 'revolting' as an adjective, the latter was used 'revolting' as a verb

Formality : 5

 

 

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