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 |
|---|---|
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| scourge | whip |
| recast | to cast again |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |