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 |
|---|---|
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |