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 |
|---|---|
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| score | twenty |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |