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This tempestuous guy in the picture above, when provoked, lost his composure/probity and disputatious demeanor and the brawl broke into an ugly skirmish on the road.
Word Groups:
Tempestuous, Furious - characterized by violent emotions or behaviour
Probity, Composure - Integrity,Steadiness of mind under stress (respectively)
Altercation, Fracas, Brawl, Melee, Fray - a noisy quarrel
Demeanor - the way a person behaves toward other people, Behaviour
Skirmish - A minor short-term fight
So what would be the sequence of feelings that accumulated during the fight?
Altercation/fracas → tempestuous → challenge of probity → skirmish
All words here show a degree (of emotions) that need to be understood in order to be learnt and retained in memory for a long time.
