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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malingererto pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)
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metaphysicalof or relating to metaphysics
psychicof or relating to the psyche : psychogenic
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trimto remove by or as if by cutting
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
balefuldeadly or pernicious in influence