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Altercation N Noisy Quarrel Heated Dispute Hot Tempered Household

Word altercation
Part of Speech N.
Definition noisy quarrel; heated dispute.
Sentence In that hot-tempered household, no meal ever came to a peaceful conclusion; the inevitable altercation occasionally even ended in blows.

Tags: psat

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