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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| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| fester | to generate pus |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |