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 |
|---|---|
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| debonair | suave |
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |