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 |
|---|---|
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |