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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corroborateto support with evidence or authority : make more certain
subsidya grant or gift of money: such as
surveillanceclose watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective)
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
sluggishaverse to activity or exertion : indolent
subjectiveof, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as
moltto shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically
consensusgeneral agreement : unanimity
libela written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought
psychosomaticof, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body