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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| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |