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
ascertainto find out or learn with certainty
perquisitea privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages
paroxysma fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
intransigencethe quality or state of being intransigent
miniona servile dependent, follower, or underling
frescothe art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
afflictiona cause of persistent pain or distress
promoteto advance in station, rank, or honor : raise