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 |
|---|---|
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| hardy | bold |
| brazen | made of brass |