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 |
|---|---|
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| colloquy | conversation |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |