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 |
|---|---|
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |