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 |
|---|---|
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| exhume | disinter |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |