GRE Word List
RESTIVE
stubbornly resisting control : balky
The meaning of the word restive is stubbornly resisting control : balky.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| delve | excavate |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |