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headstrong

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore H words

stubbornly determined to have one's own way

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In a sentence

Headstrong in a sentence

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The headstrong young heir ignored every warning and squandered his inheritance.

Synonyms
willfulobstinatestubbornintractable

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Verbal · Text Completion

Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.

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Headstrong (adjective) means stubbornly determined to have one's own way
Here is headstrong used in an example sentence: "The headstrong young heir ignored every warning and squandered his inheritance."
Common synonyms for headstrong include willful, obstinate, stubborn, intractable.
Antonyms of headstrong include compliant, docile, tractable.
Headstrong is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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