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- adjective
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- hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement [Princeton Review]
- acting or done quickly and with little thought or care; rash or impulsive [Barron]
- marked by impulsive vehemence or passion [Taisha]
- having sudden energy, impulsive, thrusting ahead, forceful [Nandigam]
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