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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clientele | a body of clients |
chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
superannuated | outmoded |
hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
cohorts | companion |
unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |