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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fundamentalserving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic
adherentone who adheres to something: such as
torsothe human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk
remonstrateto present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate
accoutreto provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit
scintillaspark
shoveto push along
squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
forestallto exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source