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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meandera winding path or course
remitto lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
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projectilea body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia
floweryof, relating to, or resembling flowers
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