GRE Word List
RESTIVE
stubbornly resisting control : balky
The meaning of the word restive is stubbornly resisting control : balky.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parlance | speech |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| arid | excessively dry |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |