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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WordMeaning
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
hoverto position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it
latchto lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
blightedaffected with blight (see blight
ramshackleappearing ready to collapse : rickety
mannerismexaggerated or affected (see affected
artificeclever or artful skill : ingenuity
peripherythe perimeter of a circle or other closed curve
apocalypticof, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse