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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impassea predicament affording no obvious escape
quashto suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
obscuredark
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indicessigns; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
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gestateto carry in the uterus during pregnancy
averto declare positively
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
requiteto make return for : repay