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 |
|---|---|
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |