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 |
|---|---|
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| vixen | a female fox |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |