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 |
|---|---|
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| demure | reserved |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| belie | to give a false impression of |