GRE Word List
RESTIVE
stubbornly resisting control : balky
The meaning of the word restive is stubbornly resisting control : balky.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |