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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WordMeaning
rueto feel penitence, remorse, or regret for
appositehighly pertinent or appropriate : apt
stricturean abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage
suitorone that petitions or entreats
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
leavena substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
preponderancea superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength
flitto pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another
consequentialof the nature of a secondary result : indirect
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element