Merriam-Webster‘s Vocabular Builder ( BELL )

BELL comes from the Latin word meaning "war".

antebellum

Existing(现存的) before a war,especially before the American Civil(人民).

*Antebellum often summons up(召唤) images of ease,elegance(优雅),and entertainment(娱乐) that disappeared in the postwar(战后) years.

例：When World WarⅠwas over,the Freach nobility(贵族) found it impossible to return to their extravagant(奢靡) antebellum(战前) way of life.

bellicose

Warlike(好战的),aggressive,quarrelsome(好斗的).

*Since bellicose describes an attitude that hopes for actual war,the word is generally(一般来说) applied to nations and their leaders.

例：The more bellicose party always got elected(选举) whenever there was tension(紧张) along the border(边界) and the public believed that military(军队) action would lead to security(安全).

常用词组：

bellicose behavior 好斗行为

bellicose nation 好斗的民族

belligerence

Aggressiveness,combativeness(好斗).

*Unlike bellicose and bellicosity(好战),the word belligerece can be used at every level from the personal to the global(全球的).

例：The belligerence in Turner's(车工) voice told them that the warning(警告) was a serious threat(威胁).

rebellion

Open defiance and opposition,sometimes armed,to a person or thing in authority.

*A rebellion usually involves(涉及) a group.

例：A student rebellion that afternoon in Room 13 resulted in the new substitute(代替) teacher racing out of the building in tears.