GRE vocabulary
Obstreperous
Noisy and difficult to control.
Example
"The obstreperous crowd refused to disperse, chanting loudly."
Etymology
From Latin obstreperus 'making a noise against,' from ob- 'against' + strepere 'to make a noise.'
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