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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ballasta heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)
dieto pass from physical life : expire
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
chorusa company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action
irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover
nauseaa stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit
putridbeing in a state of putrefaction : rotten
ordainto invest (see invest
cosmicof or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone
cogitateto ponder or meditate on usually intently