Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.
AMENABLE

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Concept: The opposite words are the words having different meanings than the given word, also known as synonyms.
As we've seen ahead, synonyms are also known as contrary words. Anything that's contrary differs in its meaning fully from the given word. However, its contrary would be a word that means a period of time that's yet to do it, If the word ispassed.e., future. Also, if the word is scarce, its contrary would be a word that means further than necessary i.e. plenitude.
In the given question, the word is ‘ amenable ’. Amenable is an adjective that's deduced from the Old French word ‘ amener ’. still, it means that they're open to persuasion, If someone is amenable. To be amenable is to be susceptible. Now that we know what the word means, we must find a word whose meaning is the contrary of ‘ amenable ’. Logically, this means that we've to find a word whose meaning is to repel persuasion. Out of all the given options, the word stubborn, which means, to be determined to not change one’s mind, is the correct match of this contrary meaning.
Hence, option 1 is correct.

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