GRE Word List
EFFRONTERY
shameless boldness : insolence
The meaning of the word effrontery is shameless boldness : insolence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |