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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ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
indissoluble | not dissoluble |
profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |