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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WordMeaning
evanescenttending to vanish like vapor
paraphrasea restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form
tossto throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk
befuddleto muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink
talonthe claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey
indeterminatenot definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
solicitousmanifesting or expressing solicitude
supernumeraryexceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number
contrivancea thing contrived
coupa sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat