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 |
|---|---|
| haven | harbor |
| succor | relief |
| nomenclature | name |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| exhume | disinter |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |