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enthusiastic
2:) enthusiastic-interested
Word | Def | Eg |
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enthusiasm | strong or passionate interest | I have a great enthusiasm for travelling; |
animate | To impart interest or zest to; enliven | he party was animated by all kinds of men and women |
ardent | intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic; zealous | an ardent theatergoer |
concerned | interested or affected | concerned citizens |
ebullient | overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited | The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor. |
exhilarate | to enliven; invigorate; stimulate: | The cold weather exhilarated the walkers. |
exuberant | effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic; lavishly abundant | an exuberant welcome for the hero. |
fervent | having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm | another meaning: hot; burning; glowing. a fervent admirer |
fervid | heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm | a fervid orator. |
rhapsodic | extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic. | (blank) |
tantalize | To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach. | (blank) |
titillate | To excite another, especially in a superficial, pleasurable manner: | Once you decide to titillate instead of illuminate . . . you create a climate of expectation that requires a higher and higher level of intensity" (Bill Moyers). |
vehement | Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; | a vehement denial. |