GRE Word List

RECALCITRANT

obstinately defiant of authority or restraint

The meaning of the word recalcitrant is obstinately defiant of authority or restraint.

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disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
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infernalof or relating to a nether world of the dead
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quotidianoccurring every day
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abjureto renounce upon oath
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