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 |
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| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |