GRE Word List
RESTIVE
stubbornly resisting control : balky
The meaning of the word restive is stubbornly resisting control : balky.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |