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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |