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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |