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
modulateto tune to a key or pitch
beneficialproducing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit
largessliberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
personifyto conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards
staccatocut short or apart in performing : disconnected
sardonicdisdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking
gourmandone who is excessively fond of eating and drinking
dys-abnormal