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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rhetoricthe art of speaking or writing effectively: such as
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veerto change direction or course
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psychosomaticof, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body