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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