GRE Word List
UNRULY
not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed
The meaning of the word unruly is not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| demise | death |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| condole | grieve |