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 |
|---|---|
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| circlet | a little circle |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| quicksilver | mercury |