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 |
|---|---|
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |