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 |
|---|---|
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| defalcate | deduct |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |