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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pliant | pliable |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| forte | one's strong point |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| freebooter | pirate |