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 |
|---|---|
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |