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 |
|---|---|
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |