January 2, 2009

Recalcitrant

recalcitrant



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–adjective 
1. resisting authority 
or 
control; not obedient or compliant; refractory

2. hard to deal with, manage, or operate. 

–noun 
3. a recalcitrant person.


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Even in this perversely recalcitrant world, the Coens find their puppets an endless source of amusement. 

Dragging ponderously on a cigarette as he pretends to cut a customer's hair, Thornton gives an exceedingly dry performance. His surface catatonia conceals a busy inner life that's expressed in morose voice-over, complete with metaphysical musings on the fact that, even after death, hair "just keeps growing." 

As though the turgid stream of consciousness were insufficient, Thornton's non-reactive taciturnity is accentuated by juxtaposing him [with] the effusive McDormand and keeping him surrounded by a gaggle of garrulous gargoyles. 

In a typical Cain touch, Thornton fixates [on] a sensitive teenage girl (Scarlett Johansson)—drawn by her rendition of Beethoven's lugubrious "Moonlight Sonata" in the midst of a department store Christmas party. 


refractory 
a refractory [child]. 
bigotry
which has an endless bigotry-friendly pocket book to give to [Proposition 8] in California.
intransigence
British government's intransigence over recognizing convicted IRA members as [political] prisoners
persevere
Though frequently disillusioned in her efforts to [spread] good will — at one point she is nearly killed by a mental patient — Sister Luke [perseveres]. 
doggedly
dodgy
intractable
not docile
the intractable [pain] in his leg.  
budge
He stepped on the gas but the [car] didn't budge.  
She won't budge from her [opinions].
when a frustrated [cadre] of student environmentalists attempts to liberate... The [animals] won't budge.
Nubile








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