GRE Word List
RESTIVE
stubbornly resisting control : balky
The meaning of the word restive is stubbornly resisting control : balky.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| sentinel | sentry |