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 |
|---|---|
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |