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 |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| kismet | fate |