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 |
|---|---|
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| dissension | disagreement |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| mulct | fine |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |