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“Obdurate” signifies stubbornly refusing to change one’s course or opinion. In the context of negotiations, an “obdurate” chair blocks concession or movement, aligning with “uncompromising” (B). “Compliant” (A) means yielding or agreeable, the opposite of the scenario described. “Distracted” (C) misreads the situation: attention lapses are different from deliberate rigidity. “Skeptical” (D) indicates doubt rather than refusal; one can be skeptical yet flexible. Nelson–Denny vocabulary items often hinge on pragmatic frames: in bargaining, a lack of progress is consistent with rigid posture. Recognize near-synonyms with similar connotations (obdurate, intransigent, adamant, unyielding) and contrast them with words describing willingness (amenable, compliant). A quick check via paraphrase—“the chair remained uncompromising”—retains the sentence’s meaning and causal implications (why talks stalled). The ability to map emotional tone (inflexible vs. flexible) to negotiation outcomes accelerates elimination of attractive but inaccurate distractors.