GRE Word List
UNRULY
disobedient; lawless; difficult to control
The meaning of the word unruly is disobedient; lawless; difficult to control.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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provocative | arousing anger or sexual interest; annoying; Ex. provocative in tight jeans; V. provoke: incite to anger; cause (an unpleasant action or feeling); N. provocation |
simian | monkeylike; N: ape or monkey |
motility | ability to move spontaneously; ADJ. motile: moving spontaneously |
sophisticated | worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate |
splice | join together end to end to make one continuous length; fasten together; unite; Ex. splice two strips of tape; N. |
checkered | marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares |
artery | blood-vessel; CF. vein |
rigid | hard and unbending; stiff and unyielding; fixed in behavior or views; strict; rigorous; Ex. rigid rule |
cajole | persuade by praise or false promise; coax; wheedle |
confluence | flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd; gathering together |