GRE Word List

PETULANT

insolent or rude in speech or behavior

The meaning of the word petulant is insolent or rude in speech or behavior.

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etherealof or relating to the regions beyond the earth
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
incoherentlacking coherence: such as
oscillateto swing backward and forward like a pendulum
profaneto treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate
incriminateto charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault
imprecationcurse
orificean opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass
scavengeto remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area
petulantinsolent or rude in speech or behavior