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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promontorya high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water
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breedto produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
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vociferousmarked by or given to vehement insistent outcry
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palpitateto beat rapidly and strongly : throb
seinea large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore