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pert

/pɜːt/ /pɝt/

Meanings
noun
An impudent person.

Examples :

""My mother scolded me for being a pert when I talked back to her with a disrespectful tone." "
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Related Words

Illustration disrespectful

disrespectful adjective

[dɪsɹɪˈspɛktfəɫ]

Lacking respect.

"Talking back to your teacher is disrespectful. "

Illustration classroom

classroom noun

/ˈklɑːsɹʊm/

A room, often in a school, where classes take place

"The children were excited to go to their classroom in the morning. "

Illustration volunteered

volunteered verb

/ˌvɑlənˈtɪrd/ /ˌvɑlənˈtɪəd/

To enlist oneself as a volunteer.

"Maria volunteered to bring snacks to the school picnic. "

Illustration interrupting

interrupting verb

/ˌɪntəˈrʌptɪŋ/ /ˌɪnɾəˈrʌptɪŋ/

To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.

"A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting."

Illustration attractive

attractive adjective

/əˈtɹæktɪv/

Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.

"The vibrant colors of the new school uniforms were attractive to the students. "

Illustration especially

especially adverb

/əˈspɛʃ(ə)li/

(manner) In a special manner; specially.

"My sister is very helpful, especially when it comes to organizing things. "

Illustration perfectly

perfectly adverb

/ˈpɜːfɪktli/ /ˈpɝfɪktli/

With perfection.

"They completed the first series perfectly."

Illustration questions

questions noun

/ˈkwɛstʃənz/

A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.

"What is your question?"

Illustration impertinent

impertinent noun

/ɪm.ˈpɜː.tɪ.nənt/ /ɪm.ˈpɝ.tɨ.nənt/

An impertinent individual.

"His behavior during the meeting was appalling; he was such an impertinent, constantly interrupting and making rude remarks. "

Illustration unnecessary

unnecessary adjective

/ʌnˈnɛ.sə.s(ə)ɹɪ / /ʌnˈnɛ.səˌsɛ.ɹi/

Not needed or necessary.

"The automatic child-frightener made clowns unnecessary."

Illustration inferiors

inferiors noun

/ɪnˈfɪriərz/ /ɪnˈfɪriəz/

A person of lower stature to another

"As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want."

Illustration understood

understood verb

/ʌndəɹˈstʊd/

To grasp a concept fully and thoroughly, especially (of words, statements, art, etc.) to be aware of the meaning of and (of people) to be aware of the intent of.

"My teacher explained the new math concept, and I understood it perfectly. "