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 |
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warrant | sanction |
eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
preternatural | existing outside of nature |
execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |