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 |
|---|---|
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |