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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| spate | freshet |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |