elan
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a lively interestsynonyms: begeestering, enthousiasme, geestdrift, gloed, ijver, levendigheid, vuurtypes:anglomaniean excessive enthusiasm for all things Englishtype of:
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a feeling of excitementsynonyms: begeestering, enthousiasme, geestdrift, gloed, ijver, levendigheid, vuurtypes:type of:aandoening, aandrang, aandrift, affect, emotie, gemoedsaandoening, gemoedsbeweging, geneigdheid, gevoel, gevoelen, inclinatie, neiging, sentimentthe experiencing of affective and emotional states
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It's important to be precise about behavior. Saying that "someone breaks the rules" is boring and doesn't convey the nerve they have in breaking them the way "someone is brazenly flouting the rules" does. Here are words about behavior that are easy to confuse with other words, or easy to be confused about, period. Is that in- at the beginning of intemperate a negative or not? What does that mean for the word as a whole? What about the in- at the start of inure? Learn this list and find out!
Framed as a letter to his teenaged son, Coates's book is a profound meditation on race in American culture. Learn these words from the National Book Award winner.