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 |
|---|---|
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| condign | deserved |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| passe | past one's prime |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |