GRE Word List
BELLICOSE
favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
The meaning of the word bellicose is favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |