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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|---|---|
| attentive | mindful |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
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| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
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| paramour | lover |
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| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |