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
peripatetica follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism
inopportuneinconvenient
manipulateto treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner
gadflyany of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock
bereftdeprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
quaffto drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously
bedraggleto wet thoroughly
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
dehydrateto remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water