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Boisterous |
Noisy and lacking restraint or discipline Rough and stormy; violent Middle english boistous "rough, coarse (as in food), clumsy, violent" |
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Chaos |
Great disorder or confusion Greeks khaos "abyss, wide open, vast, empty; the primeval emptiness of the universe, begetter of erebus (place of darkness between earth and hades) and nyx (night)" |
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Complacent |
Pleased or contented with oneself in an untroubled manner; self-satisfied; smug Latin complacentem "pleasing" |
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Dynamic |
Forceful; energetic; vigorous Characterized by change action ir movement Greek dynasthai "to be able, to have power, be strong enough" |
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Monotonous |
Never varied or enlivened; repetitiously dull Uttered or sounded in one repeated tone; unvarying(unchanged) pitched Greek monos "single, one, alone" + tonos "tone" |
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Restive |
Impatient; restless; nervous because of restrictions, pressures, or delay Hard to handle Latin re "back" + stare "stand" Sense of english " unmanageable" (1680s) evolved via notion of a horse refusing to go forward |
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Static |
Having no motion; at rest Of or producing stationary electric charge Random noise such as crackling in a radio or specks on tv Greek statikos " causing to stand" |
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Steadfast |
Fixed or unchanging; steady Firmly loyal Old english stede "place, position, standing" + fœst"firmly fixed, secure, enclosed" |
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Tranquil |
Peaceful, calm, undisturbed, free from anxiety Latin trans "over" (here in a sense of exceedingly) + quie "rest, quiet" |
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Velocity |
Speed In science, the rate per unit of time at which an object moves in a specified direction Latin velocitatem " swiftness, speed" |
