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 |
|---|---|
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| contest | strive |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |