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 |
|---|---|
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| politic | political |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |