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 |
|---|---|
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| haggard | not tamed |
| eventual | contingent |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |