HOT WORDS for the SAT - Lessen 7

English

タイトル

THE CANTANKEROUS CLUSTER

テーマ

Words Relating to Quarreling, Fighting, and Bitter Feelings

単語

animosity antagonism bellicose belligerent cantankerous captious contentious disputatious polemical predator pugnacious

  • animosity (n)
    • 敵意、憎悪
    • hatred, ill will
  • antagonism (n)
    • 敵対心、反感
  • bellicose (adj)
    • 好戦的な、けんか早い
    • belli-(Latin"belli") = war
  • belligerent (adj)
    • ready to fight
    • 交戦中の
  • cantankerous (adj)
    • bat-tempered, quarrelsome
    • 不機嫌な、気難しい
  • captious (adj)
    • あら探しする
    • made for the sake of quarreling
  • contentious (adj)
    • 論争好きの
    • quarrelsome
    • contentとは意味が全く違うので注意
  • disputatious (adj)
    • likely to dispute or argue
  • polemical (adj)
    • controversial
    • 論争の
  • predator (n)
    • 捕食者、略奪者
    • <->prey(獲物）
  • pugnacious (adj)
    • eager to fight
    • けんか腰の