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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puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
remediable | capable of being remedied |
ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
shove | to push along |
galaxy | milky way galaxy |