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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| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| arid | excessively dry |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |