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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temerityunreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness
festerto generate pus
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
doteto exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage
consistencyagreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence
bargainan agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
propellantcapable of propelling
swillwash
precincta part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district
persevereto persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement