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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WordMeaning
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
patriciana member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome
conveneto come together in a body
moribundbeing in the state of dying : approaching death
satiricalof, relating to, or constituting satire
deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
benignof a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life
charmthe chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference