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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| billow | wave |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| postulate | demand |