GRE Word List
RESTIVE
stubbornly resisting control : balky
The meaning of the word restive is stubbornly resisting control : balky.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |