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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abnegation | denial |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |