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 |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |