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February 1, 2008 By Mary J.

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  1. pizzazz
    the activeness of an energetic personality
  2. zing
    the activeness of an energetic personality
  3. dynamism
    any of the various theories or doctrines or philosophical systems that attempt to explain the phenomena of the universe in terms of some immanent force or energy
  4. oomph
    the activeness of an energetic personality
  5. hunt down
    pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
  6. Richard Morris Hunt
    United States architect (1827-1895)
  7. oscillate
    move or swing from side to side regularly
  8. vibrate
    sound with resonance
  9. Hunt
    Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
  10. Holman Hunt
    Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
  11. hound
    any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
  12. rouse
    cause to become awake or conscious
  13. drive out
    force or drive out
  14. William Holman Hunt
    Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
  15. track down
    pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
  16. run
    move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
  17. James Henry Leigh Hunt
    British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
  18. force out
    force or drive out
  19. wake up
    stop sleeping
  20. rout out
    force or drive out
  21. gouge
    an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
  22. give the sack
    terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
  23. give notice
    inform (somebody) of something
  24. dismiss
    stop associating with
  25. pass off
    cause to be circulated and accepted in a false character or identity
  26. emit
    give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
  27. breathe
    draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
  28. eject
    put out or expel from a place
  29. displace
    cause to move, usually with force or pressure
  30. wake
    the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
  31. arouse
    call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  32. dispel
    to cause to separate and go in different directions
  33. turn back
    go back to a previous state
  34. daft
    informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
  35. bats
    informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
  36. round the bend
    informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
  37. around the bend
    informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
  38. loco
    informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
  39. haywire
    wire for tying up bales of hay
  40. dotty
    informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
  41. cracked
    of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
  42. pulley
    a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
  43. choke up
    obstruct
  44. boss
    a person who exercises control and makes decisions
  45. hold
    have or hold in one's hands or grip
  46. deflect
    turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest