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 |
|---|---|
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |