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
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
recant
Definition (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
Definition (verb) repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life
Definition (verb) repeat an earlier theme of a composition
sounds like recap....if you have noticed , whenever you watch a serial ,before it starts they always give the recap of what happened the previous day,..in other words they repeat what already has been shown but in a concise form.
recidivism
Definition (noun) habitual relapse into crime
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recidivism
=re (back to) + CID (crime investigation department) = back to crime
re+CIDIVISM consider the second part, if you see suicide,homicide etc all will end up with cide which is bad, CRIME
re- "back" + cidivism......cid/cad=I fall)....falling back.....to something..again..or reoccurring......so recidivism... is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior..nothing but habitual relapse of crime.
recidivism =
recidi (recede) +
divism -> prism -> prison ... a phenomenon that does not allow to recede(pull bak) from goin to prison
Racism is a crime and no matter how much you punish, it always keeps coming back to the criminal.
RACE+DIVISIM.....people who divide people on the basis of race relapse into racedivism
Recidivist was
pirating CD’s
(RE ) again
Recidivist was
pirating CD’s
(RE ) again
When your dick is way too big for a mouth or pussy, and when you hate this websites lack of words. And restarted ads (like fucking jack in the box jumbo jack!
recon-dite:recon sounds like reckon which means guess...if a question is DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND u will GUESS the answer
RECKON + TRITE (repeated) = the word was DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND even after REPEATED attempts to RECKON its meaning.
REC + ON +DITE ==Obviously it it is very DIFFICULT to record while ur dite(eating)...
re + condite(sounds like contact). It is DIFFICULT to contact a VIP again and again(Re).
recondite sounds like 'wreck on diet' meaning destruction while on a diet. This sounds very absurd and very difficult to understand whats going on !!
Recondite=raw(re)+ corn(con)+diet(dite),is difficult to eat, so is recondite teachings are difficult to understand.
recondite.. concentrate on CON, sounds like concealed. so recondite means something hidden, concealed.
Like "recon at night" or hard to see, hidden
RECONDITE=RECorded On NDtv ITshow.....
That IT show recorded on NDTV was out of my ability to understand
Recon(RECKON…..means TO THINK)+dite(DIET)… It’s very DIFFICULT/ABSTRUSE to THINK(RECKON) about the DIET… KAREENA KAPPOR would have taken for Zero Figure in Tashan……
Picture an auto accident on a dike: a WRECK ON the DIKE: How on earth did that happen? What are cars doing on the dike? It's hard to understand.
re (resist) + con (don -> don'T) + dite (diet) -> I DON'T understand (or it is difficult for me to understand) how people go on diet and RESIST their temptations!
sounds like 'read cannot' -so abstract and difficult to understand
Your reckonings are so recondite.
It's very obscure for me, why gluttonous REC is ON DIeT ?
no one knows what to do for a klondike bar
Words with dite - Indite(write), Erudite(scholar) and Recondite .. What a scholar RECKONS to be a good read, it is abstruse(Recondite) for a laymen/laity.
re conduct it bcoz it is difficult to understand
reconnaissance
Definition (noun) the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
RECONNAISSANCE...SOUNDS LIKE RECOGNIZANCE....so recognizance of the army persons to do their act....or ...binding them to spy over enemy's.......
reconnaissance of an area by the army..
reconnaissance = (re)ye (con)kaun (nai)hai (sance)sons --> The old man asked his sons to get information about an unknown enemy and asked them "yeh kaun hai" ... weird but hope it helps you !
Reconnaissance- You inspect the number of s and n in this word...preliminary inspection of the enemy
Re (again and again)+creant (create). So creating some excuses again and again not to go for a fight because you are a COWARD.
miscreant means without moral ethics. This is a characteristics of a recreant
recreate recent recreancies in the royal family.
ant = cheenti = slang for coward
Recreant : Repeatedly crying Aunt because of a Recreant Uncle . ( Someone is disloyal)
2nd Synonym: Miscreant ( means a criminal ) will eventually become Recreant ( someone who will beg for Mercy of the Police) later.
miscreant, recreant.
miscreant destroys and recreant says its ok to destroy, he will create again as he is scared of miscreant. recreant is coward.
recrimination
Definition (noun) mutual accusations
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recrimination
re-crimina-tion: crimina relates to a crime. recrimination means: one accusing the other for a crime. The other "re" accused him of another crime.
re CREAM pie..yu throw a pie on someones face and they throw yu back another CREAM pie again as a countercharge...we see this lot in movies..!!..This process is called reCREAMination
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