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
unassailablenot assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question
jetsamthe part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore
palliateto reduce the violence of (a disease)
torridparched with heat especially of the sun : hot
demurereserved
mustera representative specimen (see specimen
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
tingea slight staining or suffusing shade or color
peerone that is of equal standing with another : equal
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable