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 |
|---|---|
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |