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 |
|---|---|
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
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