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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| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |