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
shacklesomething (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms
tiradea protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language
bleakexposed and barren and often windswept
frictionthe rubbing of one body against another
peregrinationto travel especially on foot : walk
earthlycharacteristic of or belonging to this earth
meekenduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild
constituenta member of a constituency
hutan often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric