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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swearto utter or take solemnly (an oath)
covenanta usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact
jetsamthe part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore
titillateto excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
muddleto make turbid or muddy
equinoxeither of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
cerebralof or relating to the brain or the intellect
asunderinto parts