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 |
|---|---|
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| garnish | decorate |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |