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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mediateoccupying a middle position
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
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squelchto fall or stamp on so as to crush
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lineamentsan outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face
terminalleading ultimately to death : fatal
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