GRE Word List
INTRACTABLE
not easily governed, managed, or directed
The meaning of the word intractable is not easily governed, managed, or directed.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| noisome | noxious |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |