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 |
|---|---|
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| overwhelm | upset |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| effete | no longer fertile |