Choose the word similar in meaning to the word--Recalcitrant

The correct answer is Option (3) → Defiant

• Recalcitrant means stubbornly resistant to authority, difficult to control, disobedient.

• Defiant means showing resistance or refusal to obey, which is the closest in meaning.

• Amenable → willing to cooperate; opposite of recalcitrant.

• Compliant → obedient, easily following rules; also opposite of recalcitrant.

• Rational → based on logic;