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 |
|---|---|
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |