Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).I wish the commander were less adamant about his proposed reprisal attack on the enemy?

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).I wish the commander were less adamant about his proposed reprisal attack on the enemy?

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The option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s) is "unyielding about / retaliatory". The word "adamant" means unyielding or uncompromising, while "reprisal" means retaliatory action taken in response to an attack or injury. Therefore, the sentence implies that the commander is stubbornly insistent on carrying out a retaliatory attack on the enemy, and the speaker wishes he would be less so.