GRE Word List

INSULARITY

characteristic of an isolated people

The meaning of the word insularity is characteristic of an isolated people.

Random words

WordMeaning
allayto subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
ferventvery hot : glowing
dominaterule
attireto put garments on : dress
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
collusionsecret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose
indeliblethat cannot be removed, washed away, or erased
stratifiedformed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata