Belligerent

Word meaning -
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belligerent
1. waging war; specifically : belonging to or recognized as a state at war and protected by and subject to the laws of war
2: inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness

Usage examples -
In 1896 Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist who had grown super-rich by inventing dynamite and developing it into a universal tool for both beneficial and belligerent purposes, died at the age of 63.

Mnemonics -
Beneficial and belligerent sound like opposite terms.

Belligerent Bulldog with an Array of Assorted Weaponry
Belligerent Bush calls Iranian Leader Belligerent


Additional notes -
Taken from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belligerent

synonyms belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, quarrelsome, contentious mean having an aggressive or fighting attitude. belligerent often implies being actually at war or engaged in hostilities . bellicose suggests a disposition to fight . pugnacious suggests a disposition that takes pleasure in personal combat . quarrelsome stresses an ill-natured readiness to fight without good cause . contentious implies perverse and irritating fondness for arguing and quarreling .

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scupper

Word meaning -
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scupper
NOUN -
1. A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
2. (architecture) A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof.

Scupper SeriesVERB -
to scupper
1. (UK) thwart, destroy
Quotations
"We can't allow US tantrums to scupper global justice".
This bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.
Usage examples -
We can't allow US tantrums to scupper global justice
This bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.

scum

Word meaning -

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scum

1 a: extraneous matter or impurities risen to or formed on the surface of a liquid often as a foul filmy covering —

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b: the scoria of metals in a molten state : dross

c: a slimy film on a solid or gelatinous object

2 a: refuse
b: a low, vile, or worthless person or group of people



adjective - scummy

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