GRE Word List
RESTIVE
stubbornly resisting control : balky
The meaning of the word restive is stubbornly resisting control : balky.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
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| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
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