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  • 51fiery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. impetuous, passionate, hot tempered, fervid; irritable; blazing, glowing; inflamed. See heat, excitement, irascibility, excitability. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Burning] Syn. blazing, flaming,… …

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  • 52eager — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. desirous, keen, fervent, fervid, hotheaded, earnest, intent; zealous, ardent, agog; avid, anxious, athirst. See activity, desire, expectation, feeling, haste. Ant., indifferent, phlegmatic. II… …

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  • 53enthusiastic — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Excited by something] Syn. interested, fascinated, animated, willing, thrilled, fevered, feverish, flushed, concerned, pleased, excited, attracted, titillated, exhilarated, anxious, tantalized, athirst, ablaze, agog,… …

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  • 54fer´vent|ness — fer|vent «FUR vuhnt», adjective. 1. showing warmth of feeling; very earnest: »The coach made a fervent plea for greater loyalty to the team. SYNONYM(S): ardent, zealous, passionate, eager. 2. hot; glowing; intense: »The elements shall melt with… …

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  • 55fer´vent|ly — fer|vent «FUR vuhnt», adjective. 1. showing warmth of feeling; very earnest: »The coach made a fervent plea for greater loyalty to the team. SYNONYM(S): ardent, zealous, passionate, eager. 2. hot; glowing; intense: »The elements shall melt with… …

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  • 56fer|vent — «FUR vuhnt», adjective. 1. showing warmth of feeling; very earnest: »The coach made a fervent plea for greater loyalty to the team. SYNONYM(S): ardent, zealous, passionate, eager. 2. hot; glowing; intense: »The elements shall melt with fervent… …

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  • 57perfervid — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fervid, ardent, zealous, intense; see enthusiastic 2 , 3 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Fired with intense feeling: ardent, blazing, burning, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, heated, hot… …

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  • 58incandescent — adjective 1) incandescent fragments of lava Syn: white hot, red hot, burning, fiery, blazing, ablaze, aflame; glowing, aglow, radiant, bright, brilliant, luminous, sparkling; literary fervid, lucent; rare igneous 2) …

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  • 59Ardent — Ar dent, a. [OE. ardaunt, F. ardant, p. pr. of arder to burn, fr. L. ardere.] 1. Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the appearance or… …

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  • 60Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — This article is about the 19th century composer. For other uses, see Tchaikovsky (disambiguation). Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by Nikolay Kuznetsov, 1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tcha …

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