reluctance
/ɹɪˈlʌktəns/noun
Middle School
1
Unwillingness to do something.
2
Hesitancy in taking some action.
3
Defiance, disobedience.
4
That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing
#archaic