GRE Word List

INSUBSTANTIAL

not substantial: such as

The meaning of the word insubstantial is not substantial: such as.

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WordMeaning
vernacularusing a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
girtha band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back
illuminateto supply or brighten with light
haggleto cut roughly or clumsily : hack
salineconsisting of or containing salt
antagonismopposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle
nonchalancethe quality or state of being nonchalant
incursiona hostile entrance into a territory : raid
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing