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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| refrain | curb |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |