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 |
|---|---|
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| parlance | speech |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
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| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |