GRE Word List

RESTIVE

stubbornly resisting control : balky

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

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WordMeaning
parlancespeech
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
bastiona projecting part of a fortification
aridexcessively dry
vagabonda person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life
monasticof or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns
lecterna stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker
hibernateto pass the winter in a torpid or resting state
renegeto go back on a promise or commitment
meekenduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild