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
plumagethe feathers of a bird
factitiousproduced by humans rather than by natural forces
inciteto move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on
paupera person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity
pretendto give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
fraudulentcharacterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful
predetermineforeordain
blightedaffected with blight (see blight
indeliblethat cannot be removed, washed away, or erased