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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|---|---|
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| influx | a coming in |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |