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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emolumentthe returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites
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anchora device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom
reparationa repairing or keeping in repair
disparitya noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity
trunkthe main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots
colloquialused in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
parasitean organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host
arbitraryexisting or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
correlationthe state or relation of being correlated