reluctant
rih-LUK-tuntadjMeaning unwilling and hesitant
Memory hook re-LUCK-tant: no LUCK getting him to go. Maya tugs Kai toward the dance floor, but he leans back with all his weight: no luck. He is reluctant to dance.
The reluctant puppy had to be carried into the bath.
In context Ivy was reluctant to jump off the high dive: she climbed the ladder twice, peered over the edge, and climbed back down both times.
Similar unwilling, hesitant, disinclined, loath
Opposite eager, willing, keen
From Latin reluctari, “to struggle against”: re (against) + luctari (to struggle).