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
skulkto move in a stealthy or furtive manner
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
delusivelikely to delude
importuneto press or urge with troublesome persistence
realmkingdom
interpolateto alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
kismetfate
rotethe use of memory usually with little intelligence
moresthe fixed morally binding customs of a particular group