GRE Word List
FRACTIOUS
tending to be troublesome : unruly
The meaning of the word fractious is tending to be troublesome : unruly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |