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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WordMeaning
wanderluststrong longing for or impulse toward wandering
tycoona businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
muddleto make turbid or muddy
translucentpermitting the passage of light:
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
impugnto assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity
plumba lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction
championa winner of first prize or first place in competition
scurriloususing or given to coarse language