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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|---|---|
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
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| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| heed | to pay attention |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| dour | stern |