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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |