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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |