GRE Word List
RESTIVE
stubbornly resisting control : balky
The meaning of the word restive is stubbornly resisting control : balky.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| shack | hut |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |