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 |
|---|---|
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| unsavory | insipid |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |