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1. Pugnacious – combative, quarrelsome
• Pugnacious as ever, Reyna kept defending her stand in the controversial debate with her professor.

2. Belligerence – warlike/ aggressively hostile nature
• The armies’ belligerence daunted the people living in that area.

3. Aspersion – act of slander
• Famously known for his aspersion towards other people, he is now isolated.

4. Indigence –poverty, impoverished condition
• The influx of the immigrants aggravated the indigence in the town.

5. Tenacity – quality of retaining something
• With great tenacity, he becomes prodigious as a private eye.