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

WordMeaning
qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
charmthe chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation
mercantileof or relating to merchants or trading
sirenany of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing
conflagrationfire
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
transpireto take place : go on
pontificalepiscopal attire
constituencya body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position)
hordea political subdivision of central Asian nomads