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 |
|---|---|
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |