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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| dissension | disagreement |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |