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 |
|---|---|
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| contrive | devise |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |