GRE Word List
RESTIVE
stubbornly resisting control : balky
The meaning of the word restive is stubbornly resisting control : balky.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| dour | stern |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |