GRE Word List
REFRACTORY
resisting control or authority : stubborn
The meaning of the word refractory is resisting control or authority : stubborn.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| comestible | edible |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |