argumentative
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South Hall is known as one of Eastern’s “dump-off” blocks, where they send rabble-rousers, the outspoken, argumentative prisoners, the ones who have most fallen out of favor with the guards.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Iran’s new leaders got the multiday event off to an argumentative start.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
If you’re skeptical about how exciting a movie about the weather on D-day might be, “Pressure” takes that as a creative challenge, an argumentative stance from which to start.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Joyce said the atmosphere in the Crown Inn on the evening of 21 December was "menacing, threatening, argumentative and disputing" because of Gothard's behaviour.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Geek kids are not, in general, docile and obedient; their subculture is argumentative and outspoken.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
Vocabulary lists containing argumentative
Common Core Grades 7–8, List 1
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Common Core Grade 6, List 1
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Common Core Grades 9–10, List 1
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