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 |
|---|---|
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |