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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| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
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| shove | to push along |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
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| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
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