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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WordMeaning
chorethe regular or daily light work of a household or farm
decryto depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly
adjointo add or attach by joining
ballasta heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)
pulsateto throb or move rhythmically : vibrate
autocraticof, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
constraintthe act of constraining
regimenta military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions
capillaryresembling a hair especially in slender elongated form