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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| exude | to ooze out |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |