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 |
|---|---|
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| violate | break |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |