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 |
|---|---|
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |