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 |
|---|---|
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |