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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|---|---|
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
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| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| quench | put out |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
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