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 |
|---|---|
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |