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 |
|---|---|
| egregious | conspicuous |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| countenance | look |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |