GRE Word List
UNTOWARD
difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly
The meaning of the word untoward is difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |