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SAT Vocab 17
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Term | Definition |
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Adamant | (adj.) refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind. |
Dogged | (adj.) having or showing tenacity and grim persistence. |
Hidebound | (adj.) unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention. |
Intractable | (adj.) hard to control or deal with; (of a person) difficult; stubborn. |
Obdurate | (adj.) stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action. |
Obstinate | (adj.) stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so; (of an unwelcome phenomenon or situation) very difficult to change or overcome. |
Recalcitrant | (adj.) having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline; (n.) a person with an obstinately uncooperative attitude. |
Resolve | (n.) firm determination to do something. |
Unwavering | (adj.) steady or resolute; not wavering. |
Unyielding | (adj.) (of a person or their behavior) unlikely to be swayed; resolute. |
Willful | (adj.) having or showing a stubborn and determined intention to do as one wants, regardless of the consequences or effects. |