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AdamantMade possible by WordSmart

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Definition and Parts of Speech

• Adamant
• (adj.) Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in
  purpose or will
• (adj.) Stubbornly unyielding inflexible

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Other Forms of Adamant

• Adamancy (n.) the quality or state or being
  adamant obstinacy
• Adamance (n.) resoluteness by virtue of being
  unyielding and inflexible unyieldingness

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Synonyms and Antonyms

• Synonyms
• Inflexible
• unbending

• Antonyms
• amenable
• compliant

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Sample Sentences

• Although he was warned that his dreams were
  fruitless and dangerous, Dr. Martin Luther King
  was adamant and unrelenting in his pursuit of
  equality for all Americans.
• Despite several attempts on my part to change his
  mind, my father adamantly refused to extend my
  curfew past eleven oclock.
• The warden was both ridiculed and admired for his
  adamancy that the prisoners be treated more
  humanely.

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Quick Quiz!

• What does this cartoon have to do with adamant?

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Class Activity!

• Recall a situation of your own in which you acted
  adamantly, and share it with the class.

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