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 |
|---|---|
| refrain | curb |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
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| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
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