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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |