GRE Word List

RESTIVE

stubbornly resisting control : balky

The meaning of the word restive is stubbornly resisting control : balky.

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WordMeaning
patoisa dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
chicanerydeception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery
ennuia feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom
hovelan open shed or shelter
stratifiedformed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata
slanderto utter slander against : defame
discomfitto put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert
tenancya holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate
negateto deny the existence or truth of
disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund