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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|---|---|
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| bauble | trinket |
| fete | festival |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |