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 |
|---|---|
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |