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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shrewdmarked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen
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polaritythe quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles
airyof or relating to air : atmospheric
repletefully or abundantly provided or filled
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enraptureto fill with delight
insipidlacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull
plummetto fall perpendicularly