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 |
|---|---|
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| emanate | to come out from a source |