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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trepidationa nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension
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forebodingthe act of one who forebodes
callowlacking adult sophistication : immature
covertnot openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled
ciliatedpossessing cilia
hortatoryhortative
rancorbitter deep-seated ill will
gallowsa frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged
featurethe structure, form, or appearance especially of a person