GRE Word List
INSOLENCE
the quality or state of being insolent
The meaning of the word insolence is the quality or state of being insolent.
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| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| 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 |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |