GRE Word List
RESTIVE
stubbornly resisting control : balky
The meaning of the word restive is stubbornly resisting control : balky.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| colloquy | conversation |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| actuary | clerk |
| shack | hut |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |