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 |
|---|---|
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |