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
refraincurb
rebuketo criticize sharply : reprimand
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
infinitesimalimmeasurably or incalculably small
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
dishonorlack or loss of honor or reputation
jurisprudencethe science or philosophy of law
epiloguea concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
intersticea space that intervenes between things
oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity