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 |
|---|---|
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| hirsute | hairy |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |