| A | B |
|---|
| acquiescent | agreeing or consenting without protest |
| compliant | yielding, submissive |
| docile | submissive, easy to manage |
| dogged | persistent, stubborn |
| dogmatic | stating opinions in a positive or arrogant manner |
| fractious | hard to manage, unruly, rebellious |
| froward | stubbornly willful, not easily controlled |
| hidebound | obstinately conservative and narrow-minded |
| intractable | hard to manage, stubborn |
| irresolute | indecisive, wavering, vacillating |
| malleable | capable of being changed or trained |
| obdurate | stubborn, not giving in readily |
| obstinate | stubborn, dogged, mulish, not yielding to reason or plea |
| pertinacious | holding firmly and stubbornly to a purpose |
| pliable | easily influenced or persuaded |
| recalcitrant | stubbornly defiant; refusing to obey authority |
| refactory | hard to manage, stubborn |
| resolved | determined, fixed in purpose |
| servile | like a slave, yielding, submissive |
| submissive | yielding, unresisting; docile |
| tenacious | persistent, stubborn |
| unruly | hard to control or restrain |
| vacillate | to waiver in mind, show indecision |
| wishy-washy | indecisive, vacillating |
| yielding | giving up under pressure, surrendering, submitting |
