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SAT Vocab 7
Mrs.Hahn rws
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Animosity | strong hostility. |
| Antagonism | active hostility or opposition. |
| Bellicose | demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight. |
| Belligerent | hostile and aggressive; a nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law. |
| Cantakerous | bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative. |
| Captious | (of a person) tending to find fault or raise petty objections. |
| Contentious | causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial; involving heated argument; (of a person) given to arguing or provoking argument. |
| Disputatious | fond of or causing heated arguments. |
| Polemical | of, relating to, or involving strongly critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech. |
| Predator | a person or group that ruthlessly exploits others. |
| Pugnacious | eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight. |