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 |
|---|---|
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| kismet | fate |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |