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 |
|---|---|
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| machinations | an act of machinating |