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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| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| slake | subside |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |