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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WordMeaning
latchto lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms
lotan object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with
reticentinclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved
monochromatichaving or consisting of one color or hue
graduatedmarked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement
arrearsthe state of being behind in the discharge of obligations
parryto ward off a weapon or blow
melancholydepression of spirits : dejection
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously
masochista person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism