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Enthusiasm:
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o zeal great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective gusto enjoyment or vigor in doing something; relish zest a quality of excitement and piquancy ardor enthusiasm or passion Zealot a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals. ardent enthusiastic or passionate fervor intense and passionate feeling fervid intensely enthusiastic or passionate; burning, hot or glowing fervent having or displaying a passionate intensity effervescence the process of bubbling as gas escapes ebullience overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval exuberance overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval verve vigor and spirit or enthusiasm vim energy, enthusiasm Fanatic a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause. frenetic fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way Frenzied wildly excited or uncontrolled. rabid having or proceeding from a fanatical belief in something agog very eager or curious to hear or see something enthusiast a person who is highly interested in a particular activity or subject
55. Ships:
o vessel a ship or large boat o barge a long flat bottomed boat for carrying freight, typically on canals and rivers, either under its own power or towed by another. o Galleon a sailing ship in use (esp. by Spain) from the 15th through 17th centuries, originally as a warship, later for trade. o galliard a lively dance in triple time for two people, including complicated turns and steps o windjammer a merchant sailing ship o argosy a large merchant ship o armada a fleet of warships o tugboat a small, powerful boat used for towing larger boats and ships, esp. in harbor o wake a trail of disturbed water or air left by the passage of a ship or aircraft
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nosegay a small bunch of flowers, typically one that is sweet-scented; bouquet; posy fragrance a pleasant, sweet smell; a perfume or aftershave incense a gum, spice or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces; frankincense balmy (of the weather) pleasantly warm
58. Cheat:
o deceive (of a person) cause someone to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage o deceit the action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misinterpreting the truth; a dishonest act or statement o delude impose a misleading belief upon someone; deceive; fool o dupe deceive; trick; a victim of deception o chisel a hand tool with a squared, beveled blade for shaping wood, stone, or metal o chicanery the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose o bilk obtain or withhold money by deceit or without justification; cheat or defraud o cozen trick or deceive; obtain by deception o swindle use deception to deprive someone of money or possessions o skullduggery trickery, verbal misinterpretation intended to take advantage of you in some way o artifice clever or cunning devices or expedients, esp. used to trick or deceive others o guile sly or cunning intelligence; ruse; craftiness; wile; deception o beguile charm or enchant someone, sometimes in a deceptive way; trick someone into doing something o hoodwink deceive or trick someone; bamboozle; delude o gull a person who is fooled or deceived o hoax a humorous or malicious deception; deceive with a hoax o pastiche an artistic work in a style that imitates of another work, artist, or period; imitate the style of (an artist or work) o embezzlement the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else 2
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bountiful large in quantity; abundant; giving generously teeming be full of or swarming with affluence abundant wealth ample enough or more than enough; large and accommodating plentiful existing in yielding great quantities; abundant plenary unqualified; absolute plenitude an abundance; the condition of being full or complete opulence luxury; wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living extreme wealth corpulence the property of excessive fatness
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splurge an act of spending money freely or extravagantly improvident not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless prodigal spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant profligate recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources profusion an abundance or large quantity of something