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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terminuseither end of a transportation line or travel route
condolegrieve
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions
discriminatingmaking a distinction : distinguishing
jetsamthe part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore
genesisthe origin or coming into being of something
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
marredto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
pandemicoccurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
dappledmarked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background