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  • 41Excitation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Excitation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 excitation of feeling excitation of feeling Sgm: N 1 mental excitement mental excitement Sgm: N 1 suscitation suscitation galvanism stimulation piquancy provocation inspiration… …

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  • 42ebullience — 1749, from L. ebullientem, prp. of ebullire (see EBULLIENT (Cf. ebullient) + ENCE (Cf. ence)). Related: Ebulliency (1670s) …

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  • 43ebullition — eb•ul•li•tion [[t]ˌɛb əˈlɪʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) a seething or overflowing, as of feeling; outburst 2) the state of being ebullient 3) the act or process of boiling up • Etymology: 1525–35; < LL ēbullītiō; see ebullient, tion …

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  • 44ebulliently — adverb in an ebullient manner Khrushchev ebulliently promised to supply rockets for the protection of Cuba against American aggression • Syn: ↑exuberantly, ↑expansively • Derived from adjective: ↑expansive (for: ↑expansively), ↑ …

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  • 45expansively — adverb 1. in an impressively expansive manner (Freq. 1) she managed to live rather expansively on her modest income • Derived from adjective: ↑expansive 2. in an ebullient manner Khrushchev ebulliently promised to supply rockets for the… …

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  • 46exuberantly — adverb 1. in an exuberant manner the exuberantly baroque decoration of the church • Syn: ↑riotously • Derived from adjective: ↑riotous (for: ↑riotously), ↑exuberant 2 …

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  • 47high-spirited — adjective joyously unrestrained (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑ebullient, ↑exuberant • Similar to: ↑spirited • Derivationally related forms: ↑high spiritedness, ↑exuberate …

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  • 48bullition — Ebullition Eb ul*li tion, n. [F. [ e]bullition, L. ebullitio, fr. ebullire. See {Ebullient}.] 1. A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor. [1913 Webster] 2. Effervescence occasioned… …

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  • 49Ebullition — Eb ul*li tion, n. [F. [ e]bullition, L. ebullitio, fr. ebullire. See {Ebullient}.] 1. A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor. [1913 Webster] 2. Effervescence occasioned by… …

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  • 50Ex- — A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. ex or ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude; off, from, or out, as in exscind; beyond, as, in excess, exceed, excel; and …

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