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 |
|---|---|
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| implode | to burst inward |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| fauna | animal life |