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 |
|---|---|
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
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| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
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