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 |
|---|---|
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |