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 |
|---|---|
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| overweening | arrogant |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |