Bucket 94 — Hardness & Resistance

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Adamant

• Urdu: اٹل، ضدی، ناقابل تبدیلی
• Meaning: refusing to change one's mind; unyielding
• Synonyms: unyielding, inflexible
• Antonyms: compliant, yielding
• ✍️ Use: The committee was adamant that the rule should not be weakened.
• 🧠 Hook: Think diamond-like hardness.

Flinty

• Urdu: سخت، بے لچک
• Meaning: hard and unyielding; stern
• Synonyms: hard, stern
• Antonyms: soft, gentle
• ✍️ Use: His flinty attitude made compromise difficult.
• 🧠 Hook: Flint is a hard stone.

Inured

• Urdu: عادی، مانوس
• Meaning: accustomed to something unpleasant through repeated exposure
• Synonyms: accustomed, hardened
• Antonyms: sensitive, unaccustomed
• ✍️ Use: Years of fieldwork left the aid workers inured to harsh conditions.
• 🧠 Hook: Repeated hardship makes you used to it.

Obdurate

• Urdu: ہٹ دھرم، ضدی
• Meaning: stubbornly refusing to change an opinion
• Synonyms: stubborn, obstinate
• Antonyms: flexible, amenable
• ✍️ Use: The obdurate negotiator refused every reasonable compromise.
• 🧠 Hook: Durable against change.