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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WordMeaning
epicureanof or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism
factitiousproduced by humans rather than by natural forces
expansivehaving a capacity or a tendency to expand
complacencyself-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
deadlocka state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill
metricalof, relating to, or composed in meter
havocwide and general destruction : devastation
nimblequick and light in motion : agile
macerateto cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
facetany of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration)