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 |
|---|---|
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |