Word Wealth Ww Part Ii 2 Unit 9 English Vocabulary

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belligerent

Back 1

quarrelsome or warlike, engaged in warfare

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bellicose

Back 2

hostile or warlike
(applies to attitude)

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pugnacious

Back 3

likes to fight or quarrel

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martial

Back 4

military or warlike

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polemic

Back 5

word warfare (i.e. argumentative or controversial speeches or writings)

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incorrigible

Back 6

incapable of reform, unmanageable

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inveterate, chronic, intransigent

Back 7

irreconciliable, uncompromising

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morose

Back 8

gloomy, sour

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sullen

Back 9

silent gloomy, resentful or dismal

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surly

Back 10

brusque, bitter, ill-humored -- often with a snarl

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churlish

Back 11

surly in a boorish, uncouth country manner

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splenetic

Back 12

spiteful and peevish

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acrimonious

Back 13

caustic, bitter, sharp, with a strong hint of jealousy

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acrid

Back 14

sharp, acid, stinging in taste, odor, or speech

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nefarious

Back 15

very wicked or evil

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atrocious

Back 16

grimy evil or horribly wicked

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reprehensible

Back 17

illegal, unethical, or otherwise blameworthy but not shockingly evil (i.e. carelessness)

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pernicious

Back 18

highly injurious, deadly

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insidious

Back 19

treacherously or steathily injurious

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baneful

Back 20

harmful like a poison

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pestilent

Back 21

harmful like a plague or disease

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noxious

Back 22

harmful because it is poisonous or offensive

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deleterious

Back 23

harmful with a deteriorating effect

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venial

Back 24

pardonable, excusable

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venomous

Back 25

poisonous, spiteful

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depravity

Back 26

moral corruptness, debasement

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refractory

Back 27

hard to manage, more resistant and stubborn than one who is merely perverse

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froward

Back 28

perverse, but more headstrong and aggressive in wrongdoing

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wayward

Back 29

perverse and disobedient in a whimsical, erratic manner

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rancor

Back 30

bitter hatred, ill will

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rancid

Back 31

spoiled or partly decomposed and thus bitter

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rankle

Back 32

comes from draco, latin for dragon

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malignity

Back 33

intense ill will, a strong desire to inflict harm

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malice

Back 34

ill will of a less intense kind than malignity

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malevolence

Back 35

merely evil-wishing

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intrepid

Back 36

fearless, dauntless

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laconic

Back 37

concise, terse, pithy

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militant

Back 38

resolute, combative, eager to fight

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martial

Back 39

a stronger word for truly warlike actions and activities

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oblivious

Back 40

unconscious, unmindful

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sanguine

Back 41

hopeful or confident, bloody

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effervescent

Back 42

spirited, lively, frothy

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buoyant

Back 43

lighthearted, good-natured

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exultant

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joyful, jubilant

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ubiquitous

Back 45

everywhere present

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vigilant

Back 46

alert to danger, watchful

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immorality

Back 47

depravity, especially sexual, but, generally, it is any breaking of the society's moral code

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turpitude

Back 48

shameful baseness or vileness comparable to depravity

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gluttony

Back 49

indulgence to excess, especially in eating

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heresy

Back 50

belief(s) differing from accepted view

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hypocisy

Back 51

pretense of being what one is not, sham

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insincerity

Back 52

milder and much more venial than hypocrisy

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perversity

Back 53

willfulness in nonconformity or wrondoing, obstinancy

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fractious

Back 54

unruly, rebellious, or irritable