GRE Word List

GALL

brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence

The meaning of the word gall is brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence.

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WordMeaning
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
privyprivate
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
ascertainto find out or learn with certainty
effronteryshameless boldness : insolence
acridsharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating
credentialwarranting credit or confidence
tremulouscharacterized by or affected with trembling or tremors
exceptionablebeing likely to cause objection : objectionable
purgeto clear of guilt