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 |
|---|---|
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |