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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timbrethe quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as
succumbto yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire
bravehaving or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage
ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
revertto come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject)
puckerto become wrinkled or constricted
laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
penetrateto pass into or through
amoralhaving or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong