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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WordMeaning
obduratestubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
abbreviateto make briefer
discounta reduction made from the gross (see gross
imperceptiblenot perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle
rapaciousexcessively grasping or covetous
downcastlow in spirit : dejected
antlerone of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
catalysta 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
dissensiondisagreement
coincidencethe act or condition of coinciding : correspondence