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 |
|---|---|
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |