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
plenitudethe quality or state of being full : completeness
dowdynot neat or becoming in appearance : shabby
disingenuouslacking in candor
vergebrink
skirmisha minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements
cessiona yielding to another : concession
visionaryhaving or marked by foresight and imagination
sophistrysubtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation
comityfriendly social atmosphere : social harmony
inextricableforming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free