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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|---|---|
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
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| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
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| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |