AP English chapters 19-21

Nemesis

• noun

• adjective

• an opponent that cannot be beaten

• a source of harm/ruin

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Inimical

• noun

• extremely hostile

• adjective

• enemy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Enmity

• noun

• very large/ great evil

• mutual hatred

• adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Pugilistic

• adjective

• noun

• people who fight with their fists

• describing behavior of pugs

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Belligerent

• adjective

• noun

• aggressive or engaged in warfare

• strong, large, vicious

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Miffed

• adjective

• noun

• describes someone who is annoyed or angry over a trivial issue

• someone who is annoyed or angry over a trivial issue

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Animosity

• adjective

• noun

• bitter hostility/ active hatred

• bold spirit or soul

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Antipathy

• adjective

• noun

• strong feeling of aversion or repugnance

• milder than belligerence or animosity

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Malice

• adjective

• noun

• deliberately harmful or spiteful

• desire to harm others or see them suffer

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Bellicose

• noun

• adjective

• as hostile as you can get/warlike

• aggressive/engaged in warfare

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5