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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zephyra breeze from the west
granarya storehouse for threshed grain
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festerto generate pus
jumbleto move in a confused or disordered manner
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