GRE Word List
BELLIGERENT
inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness
The meaning of the word belligerent is inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| gnome | maxim |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |