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 |
|---|---|
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |