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 |
|---|---|
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |