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 |
|---|---|
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| obscure | dark |
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| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
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| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| requite | to make return for : repay |