| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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intractable
1) hard to manage; stubborn; refractory; fractious; 2) hard to manipulate or treat
Proper motivation changed him from an intractable loafer to a docile, industrious student.
Related English words: intractability, intractableness, tractable (easily managed or controlled; easily worked; malleable), tractability
Latin root words: tractabilis, tractabile - able to be handled or managed; compliant; intractabilis, intractabile - unmanageable; traho, trahere, traxi, tractus - to draw; to drag
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