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adj. impetuous
(a) modest; bashful; pretending shyness to attract; flirtatious; coquettish
(b) exacting; precise; pedantic; cautious concerning minute details
(c) softening or soothing to the skin; having power to soften or relax living tissues
(d) moving with great force; done with little thought; reckless; impulsive; hasty
 
n. abandon
(a) freedom; impetuosity; enthusiasm
(b) expression of grief or sorrow; complaint; wailing; mourning
(c) person who distrusts everything; hater of mankind
(d) mercy toward an offender; mildness; mercy; grace
 
adj. imperturbable
(a) indifferent; submissive; nonchalant; self-satisfied; at ease
(b) commonplace; routine; regular; daily
(c) calm; not easily excited; composed
(d) spreading throughout; extending; suffusing
 
adj. frenetic
(a) frenzied; wild; crazy
(b) unwilling to be pacified or appeased; impossible to pacify; inexorable
(c) swollen; pompous; puffy
(d) changeable; unpredictable; inconstant; inconsistent
 
adj. bombastic
(a) of a strange nature; weird; mysterious
(b) pompous; wordy; turgid; inflated; exaggerated
(c) having a smell of decay; malodorous; smelly; stinky
(d) frugal; careful with money; economizing

 

adj. sapid
(a) inconvenient; uncomfortable
(b) having a pleasant taste; flavorful
(c) outstanding; praiseworthy; serving as a model
(d) easy to shape or bend; pliable; flexible; adaptable
 
adj. succinct
(a) clearly stated; characterized by conciseness; short and to the point
(b) experienced; indefinite; competent
(c) cultured; suave; courteous; polite
(d) making or willing to make concessions; appeasing; pacifying
 
adj. fundamental
(a) basic; necessary; essential; elemental
(b) full of curves; twisting and turning
(c) disgusting due to excess; crude; repulsive; offensive
(d) gloomy; sluggish
 
adj. ironic
(a) lustful; wicked; vulgar; obscene
(b) to be narrow minded or limited
(c) contradictory; inconsistent; sarcastic
(d) marginal; outer; external
 
v. wreak
(a) to waste away; as from lack of use; to wither
(b) to declare sacred; to dedicate; to bless
(c) to give vent; to inflict; to perform
(d) to win the goodwill of; to appease

adj. impetuous (d) moving with great force; done with little thought; reckless; impulsive; hasty
n. abandon (a) freedom; impetuosity; enthusiasm
adj. imperturbable (c) calm; not easily excited; composed
adj. frenetic (a) frenzied; wild; crazy
adj. bombastic (b) pompous; wordy; turgid; inflated; exaggerated
adj. sapid (b) having a pleasant taste; flavorful
adj. succinct (a) clearly stated; characterized by conciseness; short and to the point
adj. fundamental (a) basic; necessary; essential; elemental
adj. ironic (c) contradictory; inconsistent; sarcastic
v. wreak (c) to give vent; to inflict; to perform


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