GRE Word List
INTRACTABLE
not easily governed, managed, or directed
The meaning of the word intractable is not easily governed, managed, or directed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| calculated | apt |