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SAT Vocab. 7
Mrs.Hahn RWS
Term | Definition |
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animosity | a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action |
antagonism | an active hostility or opposition, as between unfriendly or conflicting groups |
bellicose | inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious. |
belligerent | warlike; given to waging war. |
cantankerous | disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish: |
captious | apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please. |
contentious | tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome |
disputatious | fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: |
polemical | a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, |
predator | a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine |
pugnacious | inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative. |