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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|---|---|
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
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| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
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| dys- | abnormal |
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