The Latin word for island is insula. From it we get the words peninsula (“almost an island”),
insulate (insulation makes a house an island of heat), and insular, among others.
- The insular little community had very little contact with the world around it.
Something that is insular has insularity.
- The insularity of the little community was so complete that it was impossible to buy a big-
city newspaper there.
malinger (muh LING ger) v to pretend to be sick to avoid doing work
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