GRE Word List
RECALCITRANT
obstinately defiant of authority or restraint
The meaning of the word recalcitrant is obstinately defiant of authority or restraint.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| 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 |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| invalid | not valid: |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |