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 |
|---|---|
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
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