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
wearyexhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness
odiousarousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful
serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
irksometending to irk : tedious
disparatemarkedly distinct in quality or character
maxima general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct
woea condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief
rolling(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
virulentmarked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course
broodthe young of an animal or a family of young