GRE Word List
INSENSATE
lacking sense or understanding
The meaning of the word insensate is lacking sense or understanding.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |