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 |
|---|---|
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |