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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| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |