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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| maroon | a dark red |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |