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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WordMeaning
sluggarda habitually lazy person
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
violatebreak
mockto treat with contempt or ridicule : deride
diffusebeing at once verbose and ill-organized
censoriousmarked by or given to censure (see censure
stentorianextremely loud
dynamicmarked by usually continuous and productive activity or change
fulminateto utter or send out with denunciation