GRE Word List
PUGNACITY
having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
The meaning of the word pugnacity is having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| environ | encircle |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |