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• Boisterous(adj) | BOY-stuh-rus


  • Loud; rough; rowdy
  • Boisterously (adv): In a loud, rough, or rowdy manner
• Congenital

  • Pronunciation: kahn-GEHN-iht-uhl
  • Part of Speech: Adjective
  • Definition: Related to a condition that began at birth
  • Adverb: Congenitally
  • Example Sentence: He was born with a congenital heart defect.
• Consecrate

  • Pronunciation: KAHN-seh-krayt
  • Part of Speech: Verb
  • Definition: Make honored or sacred
  • Adjective: Consecrated
  • Example Sentence: The priest consecrated the ground where the church was to be built.
• Contemporaneous

  • Pronunciation: kahn-tehmp-or-AY-nee-uhs
  • Part of Speech: Adjective
  • Definition: Existing or happening at the same time; contemporary
  • Adverb: Contemporaneously
  • Example Sentence: The two artists were contemporaneous, although they never met.
• Imperatively

  • Pronunciation: ihm-PAYR-uh-tihv-lee
  • Part of Speech: Adverb
  • Definition: With necessity or requirement; commandingly
  • Adjective: Imperative
  • Noun: Imperative
  • Example Sentence: The teacher spoke imperatively, ensuring the students understood the urgency.
• Languidly

  • Pronunciation: LAYN-gwihd-lee
  • Part of Speech: Adverb
  • Definition: Listlessly fatigued
  • Adjective: Languid
  • Example Sentence: She moved languidly after the long, exhausting day.
• Tacit

  • Pronunciation: TA-sit
  • Part of Speech: Adjective
  • Definition: Understood without being stated; implied
  • Adverb: Tacitly
  • Example Sentence: There was a tacit agreement between them that they would not discuss it further.
• Wanton

  • Pronunciation: WAN-tuhn
  • Part of Speech: Adjective
  • Definition: Unprovoked; unjustified; malicious
  • Adverb: Wantonly
  • Example Sentence: The wanton destruction of the property was deeply troubling.