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 |
|---|---|
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |