tS=Petersen, who is seeking a third term, has been something of a maverick in the often <b>fractious</b> Senate majority caucus.<br><br>In their formative years they eyed each other as coldly as <b>fractious</b> politicians.&tQ=<b>Fractious</b> means:&tC=Indecisive|Squabbling|Ruthless|Crooked|Unruly&cC=5&fB=<b>Fractious</b> means easily made angry; cross; fretful; peevish, irritable, snappish; hard to manage; unruly. <b>Fractious</b> is pronounced FRAK-shuhs.
