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Recalcitrant Rih Kal Sih Trunt Adjective Unwilling Cooperate Voluntarily Hesitant Step

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(rih-KAL-sih-trunt), adjective

Unwilling to cooperate voluntarily; hesitant to step forward and do what one is asked or told to do.

On the witness stand, the mobster was RECALCITRANT and uncommunicative.

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