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 |
|---|---|
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |