Question

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word: INTRANSIGENT

• A. Yielding
• B. Amenable
• C. Obstinate
• D. Pliant

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Obstinate

Intransigent means refusing to agree or compromise; stubborn or inflexible. Obstinate means stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, which is a direct synonym. Options (a), (b), and (d) (Yielding, Amenable, Pliant) all mean flexible, submissive, or easily persuaded, which are antonyms.