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Word: pugnacity

Definition: combativeness; disposition to fight; ADJ. pugnacious: (of people) belligerent; combative in nature


More Vocab Words

::: intractable - unruly; difficult to manage; Ex. intractable problem/child
::: magisterial - authoritative; imperious; commanding; of a magistrate; Ex. magisterial study of Roman law; Ex. magisterial manner
::: sherbet - flavored dessert ice
::: illimitable - infinite; limitless
::: repudiate - disown; disavow; deny
::: imponderable - weightless; that cannot undergo precise evaluation; CF. pound
::: filibuster - block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches; N; freebooter
::: pretext - excuse
::: grovel - crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate; behave in a servile manner
::: tact - skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence