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 |
|---|---|
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |