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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|---|---|
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |