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Cacophony |
"a cacophony mixture of sounds" harsh, discordant sound, dissonance |
catastrophic - coco sound |
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belligerent |
"belligerent old man" hostile & aggressive |
bigrad - book -> wars |
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bellicose |
"bellicose pirates" demonstration aggressive and willingness to fight |
pirates have belli shirts and near coast
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amenable |
"amenable children" responsive to suggestions - easy to control מקבל מרות |
like amend - can fix - i will handle this |
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cantankerous |
bad tempered; argumentative |
cantankerous old man |
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caustic |
1. burning (material reaction) causing corrosion 2. stringing (in verbal "לעקוץ") |
burning is causing chaos |
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complaisance |
the willingness to comply with wishes of others. |
comply |
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contentious |
argumentative, causing controversy וכחן, מחרחר ריב |
content not
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contrite |
regretful, seeking forgivness |
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effrontery |
extreme boldness; presumptuous |
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Halcyon |
calm and peaceful "the halcyon days of the mid-1980s, when profits were soaring" |
נשמע כמו תרופה ל... |
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imperturbable |
(perturbed - anxious) marked by extreme calm& stadiness |
perturbed |
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impetuous |
"her friend was headstrong and impetuous" * hastily or rashly energetic * impulsive & vehement (תקיף) "an impetuous but controlled flow of water" |
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inimical |
* damaging * harmful * unfriendly |
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innocuous |
not harmful or offensive. |
innocent |
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intransigent |
refusing to compromise עיקש |
transigent
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irascible |
* easily angered * prone to temperamental outbursts |
i ra scala |
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Martial |
associated with war and the armed forces. צבאי |
march |
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mercurial |
characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood |
Mercury |
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Mollify |
1. appease the anger or anxiety of (someone). - to calm " mollify the protesters" 2. reduce the severity of (something); soften. "mollifying the fears of the public" |
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Noxious |
harmful, injurious |
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Perfidy |
deceitfulness; untrustworthiness. intentionally breach of faith. "the perfidy of her husband" |
predator - רודף שמלות |
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placate |
to appease (לרצות); to clam by making concession (ויתורים) "they attempted to placate the students with promises" |
please with plate |
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polemical |
argumentative, controversial |
pole- מקל שמושכים ושני צדדים |
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quiescence |
stillness;motionless; quality of being at rest *state/period* "strikes were headed by groups of workers who had previously been quiescent" |
quite essence |
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rancorous |
characterize by bitter, long lasting resentment |
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truculent |
fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Virulent |
extremely harmful or poisonous;
bitterly hostile or antagonistic אויין מאוד |
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Volatile |
1. readily changing to a vapor; חומר נדיף 2. changeable;fickle;explosive הפכפך, לא יציב |
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