GRE Word List
RESTIVE
stubbornly resisting control : balky
The meaning of the word restive is stubbornly resisting control : balky.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| entity | being |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |