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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| steep | lofty |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| encompass | include |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |