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 |
|---|---|
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| eventual | contingent |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |