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 |
|---|---|
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| warrant | sanction |
| dull | tedious |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |