GRE Word List
UNRULY
not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed
The meaning of the word unruly is not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |