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 |
|---|---|
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
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