GRE Word List
RESTIVE
stubbornly resisting control : balky
The meaning of the word restive is stubbornly resisting control : balky.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| endue | provide |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| exploit | deed |
| seemly | good-looking |