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What is the difference between "enthusiastic" and "excited"?
What is the difference between "enthusiastic" and "excited"?
- Enthusiastic means giving all of your attention and effort to a specific task or goal, while excited means showing strong excitement.
- Enthusiastic means very good or clever, while excited means feeling a strong and impatient desire to do something.
- Enthusiastic means serious and sincere, while excited means very enthusiastic and eager. (correct)
- Enthusiastic means feeling strong excitement, while excited means feeling a strong and impatient desire
Which of the following pairs have similar meanings?
Which of the following pairs have similar meanings?
- Earnest/intent
- Anxious/determined
- Productive/pumped (correct)
- Inspired/complimented
What is the difference between "eager" and "keen"?
What is the difference between "eager" and "keen"?
- Eager means very good or clever, while keen means wanting or eager to do or have something very much, especially because of fear or nervousness.
- Eager means showing strong excitement, while keen means feeling a strong and impatient desire
- Eager means feeling a strong and impatient desire, while keen means feeling a strong and impatient desire to do something. (correct)
- Eager means serious and sincere, while keen means giving all of your attention and effort to a specific task or goal.
What does "sincere" mean?
What does "sincere" mean?
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What is the difference between "intent" and "anxious"?
What is the difference between "intent" and "anxious"?
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What does "hopeful" mean?
What does "hopeful" mean?
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What is the difference between "determined" and "inspired"?
What is the difference between "determined" and "inspired"?
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Study Notes
- The text provides a list of adjectives and their definitions.
- The adjectives are arranged in pairs based on their similar meanings.
- The pairs are: enthusiastic/excited, excited/eager, eager/keen, keen/earnest, earnest/intent, intent/anxious, anxious/determined, determined/inspired, inspired/complimented, complimented/productive, productive/pumped, pumped/sincere, and sincere/hopeful.
- Each pair has example sentences to illustrate their usage.
- Enthusiastic means showing strong excitement, while excited means very enthusiastic and eager.
- Eager means feeling a strong and impatient desire, while keen means feeling a strong and impatient desire to do something.
- Earnest means serious and sincere, while intent means giving all of your attention and effort to a specific task or goal.
- Anxious means wanting or eager to do or have something very much, especially because of fear or nervousness, while determined means having a strong feeling that you are going to do something and that you will not allow anyone or anything to stop you.
- Inspired means very good or clever, while complimented means a remark that says something good about someone or something.
- Productive means doing or achieving a lot, while pumped means excited and enthusiastic about something.
- Sincere means having or showing true feelings that are expressed in an honest way, while hopeful means full of hope.
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