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    recalcitrant

    recalcitrant - 365bet中国官方网站 definition and meaning for word recalcitrant

    Definition
    (adj) stubbornly resistant to authority or control
    Synonyms : fractious , refractory
    Example Sentence
    • a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
    • a refractory child
    Definition
    (adj) marked by stubborn resistance to authority
    Example Sentence
    • the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators
  •    Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recalcitrant

    re+calcit(looks like calcite)+rant...as we know calcite is a hard mineral found in calcium carbonate which forms the major part of rocks, chalk and marble, is hard to break and likewise a recalcitrant person is also stubborn.

    re+calci(calculator->calculate)+trant....so imagine a person who has made a mistake in calculations using a calci and is unwilling to re-calculate...it shows he is STUBBORN

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    recalcitant : recall+reluctant..boss asked me to call ad guy again but i didn't obey him,i was reluctant.(unwilling to obey)

    recalcitrant= try RECALling CITRic acid from chemistry but it is so STUBBORN not able to recal it...

    Think "Recalc it Rant" or someone who does not want to recalculate anything

    calcis are not allowed in exams. but imaging a person smuggling them in even though he has been punished before

    Real + Ca(Hindi) + Irritant => Recalcitrant. Means those who irritate authority by resisting them again and again

    and any one who resist to authority is consisdered as disobedient person

    Rec And Al are two shitting(Cit) ant and rat(Rant) and are difficult to control and manage,and they are stubborn too

    recalcitrant = recal(recall)+ cit(site) + rant(rent); need recall to please the minister over telephone to get the site in rent as he is stubborn in any matter wants proper clarification.

    reluctant to sit

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