Feeling words when needs are met Flashcards
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absorbed
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- To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
- To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
- To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
- To take in energy and convert it, as
For Example: Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass. - To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully
- To occupy or consume time.
- Assimilate mentally.
- To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
- To defray the costs.
- To accept or purchase in quantity.
- Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.
- Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated.
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adventurous
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- (of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to incur risks; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring.
- (of an act or product) Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash.
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affectionate
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- (of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
For Example: She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother. - (of an action, etc.) Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
For Example: the affectionate care of a parent; an affectionate countenance; an affectionate message; affectionate language - Eager; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.
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alert
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- An alarm.
- A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
- A state of readiness for potential combat.
For Example: an airborne alert; ground alert - Attentive; awake; on guard.
- Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
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alive
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- Having life; living; not dead
For Example: As long as the plant is alive, he will continue to water it. - In a state of action; in force or operation; existent
For Example: to keep the affections alive - Busy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy.
For Example: Although quite dull during the day, the main street comes alive at night, with many bars and clubs opening. - Sprightly; lively; brisk.
- Susceptible; easy to impress; having keen feelings, as opposed to apathy
- (as an intensifier) out of all living creatures.
- (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
For Example: The post office will not ship live animals. - Being in existence; actual
For Example: He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking. - Having active properties; being energized.
- Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
- Taken from a living animal.
For Example: live feathers - Imparting power; having motion.
For Example: a live, or driving, axle - Still in active play.
For Example: a live ball - Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
For Example: The station presented a live news program every evening. - (of a performance or speech) In person.
For Example: This nightclub has a live band on weekends. - (entertainment, performing) Recorded in front of an audience and not having been edited after recording.
For Example: a live album - Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
For Example: The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island. - (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
For Example: Use caution when working near live wires. - Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
For Example: Tommy's blind was live, so he was given the option to raise. - Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
- Being in a state of ignition; burning.
For Example: a live coal; live embers - Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
For Example: a live man, or orator - Vivid; bright.
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amazed
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- To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex.
For Example: He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot. - To undergo amazement; to be astounded.
- To stupefy; to knock unconscious.
- To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
- To terrify, to fill with panic.
- Astonished; confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder; greatly surprised. The following adposition may be: at, with or by.
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amused
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- To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions.
For Example: I watch these movies because they amuse me. - To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.
For Example: His jokes rarely fail to amuse. - To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
- To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
- Pleasurably entertained.
For Example: The children chased one another in a circle in front of their amused parents. - Displaying amusement.
- (usually with a complement) Enjoying humor aspects (of something).
For Example: He was amused to note the disarray of his opponents.
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animated
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- To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
For Example: If we animate the model, we can see the complexity of the action. - To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit.
- Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.
For Example: an animated discussion - Endowed with life.
- Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that appear to move thought the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.
For Example: an animated film
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appreciative
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- Showing appreciation or gratitude.
- Capable of showing appreciation.
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ardent
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- Full of ardor; fervent, passionate.
- Burning; glowing; shining.
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aroused
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- To stimulate feelings.
For Example: The new building proposals in the village are arousing unneeded discomfort. - To sexually stimulate.
For Example: I can't keep my eyes off the dancer; she arouses me greatly. - To wake from sleep or stupor.
For Example: 1996, Beruga (line translated by Dan Owsen), Terranigma. Nintendo of America.
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astonished
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- To surprise greatly.
- Amazed; surprised.
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blissful
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- Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
- Blessed; glorified.
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breathless
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- Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
- That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
- Not breathing; dead or apparently so.
- Having no wind; still, calm or airless.
- Having a somewhat hysterical tone, using over-emotive language.
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buoyant
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- Having buoyancy; able to float.
- Lighthearted and lively.
For Example: I’m in a buoyant mood.
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calm
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- (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
- (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
- A period of time without wind.
- To make calm.
For Example: to calm a crying baby - To become calm.
- (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
- (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
- (of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
- Without wind or storm.
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carefree
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- Without cares or worries; free of concern or worries; without difficulty.
For Example: He left his cell phone behind and enjoyed a carefree summer day at the beach.
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cheerful
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- Noticeably happy and optimistic.
- Bright and pleasant.
For Example: They enjoyed a cheerful room.
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comfortable
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- A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.
- Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
For Example: This is the most comfortable bed I've ever slept in. - In a state of comfort and content.
For Example: What a great guestroom! I'll be quite comfortable here. - Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.
- Amply sufficient, satisfactory.
For Example: A comfortable income should suffice to consider oneself rich. - Strong; vigorous; valiant.
- Serviceable; helpful.
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complacent
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- Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
- Apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem.
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composed
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- To make something by merging parts.
For Example: The editor composed a historical journal from many individual letters. - To make up the whole; to constitute.
For Example: A church is composed of its members. - To comprise.
- To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
For Example: It's difficult to compose without absolute silence. - (sometimes reflexive) To calm; to free from agitation.
For Example: The defendant couldn't compose herself and was found in contempt. - To arrange the elements of a photograph or other picture.
- To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.
- To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.
- To arrange (types) in a composing stick for printing; to typeset.
- Showing composure.
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concerned
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- To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
- To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
For Example: A good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects. - To make somebody worried.
For Example: I’m concerned that she’s becoming an alcoholic. - Showing concern.
For Example: There was a concerned expression on her face as I told her the news. - Involved or responsible.
For Example: The people concerned have been punished.
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cool
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- A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
For Example: in the cool of the morning - A calm temperament.
- The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
- Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
For Example: Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia. - Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
For Example: If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors. - Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
For Example: His proposals had a cool reception. - Calmly audacious.
For Example: In control as always, he came up with a cool plan. - Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
- In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
- Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
For Example: Is it cool if I sleep here tonight? - Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
For Example: I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me. - Quietly impudent, defiant, or selfish; deliberately presuming: said of persons and acts.
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curious
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- Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
For Example: Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it. - Caused by curiosity.
- Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.
For Example: The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird. - Careful, fastidious, particular; (specifically) demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
- Carefully or artfully constructed; made with great elegance or skill.
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dazzled
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- To confuse the sight of by means of excessive brightness.
For Example: Dazzled by the headlights of the lorry, the deer stopped in the middle of the street. - To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.
For Example: The delegates were dazzled by the originality of his arguments. - To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
- Experiencing dazzlement; overcome by light or brilliance.
- Painted in dazzle camouflage.
For Example: a dazzled ship
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delighted
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- To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
For Example: A beautiful landscape delights the eye. - To have or take great pleasure.
- Greatly pleased.
- Filled with wonder and delight.
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eager
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- Sharp; sour; acid.
- Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
- Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
For Example: I was eager to show my teacher how much I'd learned over the holidays. - Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
- Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
For Example: an eager algorithm
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ebullient
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- Enthusiastic; high-spirited.
- (of a liquid) Boiling or agitated as if boiling.
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ecstatic
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- (in the plural) Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy.
- A person in a state of ecstasy.
- Feeling or characterized by ecstasy.
- Extremely happy.
- Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion.
For Example: ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance
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effervescent
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- (of a liquid) Giving off bubbles; fizzy.
- Vivacious and enthusiastic.
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elated
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- To make joyful or proud.
- To lift up; raise; elevate.
- Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased, euphoric.
For Example: She was elated with her new car.
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enchanted
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- To attract and delight, to charm.
- To cast a spell upon (often one that attracts or charms).
- To magically enhance or degrade an item.
- Charmed, delighted, enraptured.
- Under the influence of enchantment.
- A greeting used when introduced to someone for the first time, especially by a man when introduced to a woman.
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encouraged
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- To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
For Example: I encouraged him during his race. - To spur on, strongly recommend.
For Example: We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre. - To foster, give help or patronage
For Example: The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed
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energetic
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- Possessing or pertaining to energy.
For Example: Cosmic rays are energetic particles from outer space. - Characterised by force or vigour; full of energy; lively, vigorous.
For Example: Those kids are so energetic: they want to run around playing all day. - Having powerful effects; efficacious, potent.
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engrossed
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- To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.
- To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).
- To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.
- To completely engage the attention of.
For Example: She seems to be completely engrossed in that book. - To thicken; to condense.
- To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
- To amass.
- Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else.
- (of a document) Finalized, written in large letters.
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enlivened
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- To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.
- To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
For Example: The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.
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enthusiastic
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- With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.
For Example: an enthusiastic lover of art
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excited
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- To stir the emotions of.
For Example: The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present. - To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
For Example: Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored. - To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
For Example: By applying electric potential to the neon atoms, the electrons become excited, then emit a photon when returning to normal. - To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.
For Example: to excite a dynamo - Having great enthusiasm.
For Example: He was very excited about his promotion. - Being in a state of higher energy.
For Example: The excited electrons give off light when they drop to a lower energy state. - Having an erection; erect.
- Sexually aroused.
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exhilarated
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- To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy.
For Example: Good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates the drinker. - To excite, to thrill.
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expansive
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- Comprehensive in scope or extent.
For Example: an expansive research work - Talkative and sociable.
- Able to be expanded.
- Exhibiting expansivity.