GRE Word List

INSULARITY

characteristic of an isolated people

The meaning of the word insularity is characteristic of an isolated people.

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ewethe female of the sheep especially when mature
sordidmarked by baseness or grossness : vile
memorialserving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
concisemarked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail
indissolublenot dissoluble
profoundhaving intellectual depth and insight
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
betokento typify beforehand : presage
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
terseusing few words : devoid of superfluity