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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patoisa dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
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missilecapable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object
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iconoclastica person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
adaptto make fit (as for a new use) often by modification
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