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SAT vocabulary 7
Mrs.Hahn RWS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| polemical | a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine |
| predator | Zoology. any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms, a predatory person |
| pugnacious | inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative. |