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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sprightlymarked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited
festerto generate pus
immutablenot capable of or susceptible to change
stunto make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze
seinea large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore
unrulynot readily ruled, disciplined, or managed
impromptumade, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised
repressto check by or as if by pressure : curb
retrenchcut down
hereafterafter this in sequence or in time