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 |
|---|---|
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| billowing | wave |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| abnegation | denial |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |