Aggressive/Fighting Words

Question 1

scathe

Answer 1

to harm or injure

Question 2

lacerate

Answer 2

ripping or tearing

Question 3

disparage

Answer 3

belittlement of someone or something

Question 4

deride

Answer 4

scornful laughter

Question 5

temerity

Answer 5

extreme boldness

Question 6

diatribe

Answer 6

a bitter, abusive lecture

Question 7

animus

Answer 7

the idea of a hostile disposition, ill will towards someone

Question 8

excoriate

Answer 8

to remove the skin, to censure strongly

Question 9

emasculate

Answer 9

to castrate or weaken

Question 10

flay

Answer 10

to strip the skin off someone, strong verbal criticism

Question 11

bellicose

Answer 11

warlike

Question 12

agonistic

Answer 12

struggles

Question 13

contentious

Answer 13

argumentative

Question 14

pugnacious

Answer 14

ready to quarrel or fight

Question 15

fractious

Answer 15

peevish, cranky, unruly, a troublemaker

Question 16

truculent

Answer 16

speeches, actions, or people that exude meanness and belligerence

Question 17

belligerent

Answer 17

aggressive or engaged in warfare

Question 18

obstreperousness

Answer 18

aggressively or noisily defiant

Question 19

jingoist

Answer 19

a person that favors fighting to be done by their country’s armed forces

Question 20

casus belli

Answer 20

the cause of war, something that is used as an excuse for military action