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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| politic | political |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| sophist | philosopher |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |