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Usage

• garrulous

  A garrulous person talks a lot, especially about unimportant things.

• petulant

  A petulant person behaves in an unreasonable and childish way, especially because they cannot get their own way or what they want.

• credulous

  A credulous person is very ready to believe what people tell them; therefore, they can be easily tricked or cheated.

• querulous

  Someone who is querulous often complains about things in an annoying way.

• tremulous

  Someone is tremulous when they are shaking slightly from nervousness or fear; they may also simply be afraid of something.

• jocular

  Someone who is jocular is cheerful and often makes jokes or tries to make people laugh.

• regulation

  A regulation is a rule or law that orders how people must act or behave.