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INTRACTABLE

not easily governed, managed, or directed

The meaning of the word intractable is not easily governed, managed, or directed.

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WordMeaning
desolatedevoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted
tantamountequivalent in value, significance, or effect
clouta piece of cloth or leather : rag
bevya large group or collection
penetrateto pass into or through
demolitionthe act of demolishing
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
vernacularusing a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
banallacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite