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 |
|---|---|
| steep | lofty |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| sentinel | sentry |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |