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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |