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 |
|---|---|
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| nomenclature | name |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |