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 |
|---|---|
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |