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 |
|---|---|
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| scourge | whip |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |