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
talonthe claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey
archivesa place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved
debarto bar from having or doing something : preclude
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
aridexcessively dry
pertinaciousadhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design
tauthaving no give or slack : tightly drawn
gruffrough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
plenitudethe quality or state of being full : completeness