GRE Word List
INSULARITY
characteristic of an isolated people
The meaning of the word insularity is characteristic of an isolated people.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| fleck | streak |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |