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
perpetrateto bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit
equitablehaving or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned
remitto lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
knella stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster)
resurrectto raise from the dead
wretcha miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune
sublimeto cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma