| A chore | a job or piece of work that is often boring or unpleasant but needs to be done regularly |
| Immature | childish |
| Catty | mean, unkind, talks mean about another |
| Petty | complaining too much about things that are not important |
| spiteful | full of spite or malice; malicious; malevolent |
| to take sides | support a group or person over another |
| morale | the confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at a particular time |
| To reach an agreement | arrive at a decision that both sides agree on |
| confrontational | tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative |
| To pick fights | start brawls/ conflicts |
| To placate | make (someone) less angry or hostile |
| To ease | to make easier |
| At ease | a state of being comfortable--without worry, pain, or trouble |
| animosity | strong dislike |
| hostility | unfriendliness; hatred |
| to get something off one's chest | tell someone your problems |
| to bite one's tongue | to stop yourself from saying something that you would really like to say |
| to get the wrong end of the stick | to misunderstand |
| to escalate | to increase or intensify |
| to undermine | to weaken |
