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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |