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
prefigureto show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness
mettlevigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
reclusemarked by withdrawal from society : solitary
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities
emolumentthe returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites
vetoan authoritative prohibition : interdiction
slothdisinclination to action or labor : indolence
cognateof the same or similar nature : generically alike
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf