Recalcitrant" comes from the Latin word "recalcitrare," which means "to be disobedient." The word "recalcitrant" means "stubbornly resistant." Two synonyms are "obstreperous" and "willful." Two antonyms are "compliant" and "obedient."
Anne Frank lived in Amsterdam, Netherlands during the Holocaust.
Alrighty, so, you're currently trapped inside a cottage with a witch who wants to eat you and your brother. What do you do to escape? Do you beat the witch with her own broom and make a run for it? Do you push her into the oven (This is what happens in the story) and lock her in so that she burns up, then you and Hansel make a great escape? What do you do? (:
