GRE Word List
RESTIVE
stubbornly resisting control : balky
The meaning of the word restive is stubbornly resisting control : balky.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |