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121inflammability — n 1. combustibility, combustibleness, inflammableness, flammableness, flammability, deflagrability, ignitability or ignitibility, Rare. accend ibility. 2. excitability, excitableness, nervousness; testiness, edginess, shortness, irascibleness,… …
122irascibility — n testiness, touchiness, thin skinnedness, irritability, edginess, hastiness, short fuse; chol er, pepperiness, spleen, gall, bile, ill temper, bad temper, ill nature, ill humor; tartness, acerbity, asperity, acrimony, bitterness, harshness;… …
123precipitancy — n 1. swiftness, fleetness, speed, quickness; dispatch, rapidity, hurriedness, expedition, expeditiousness; velocity, acceleration, celerity; instan taneousness, immediateness, urgency, promptness, promptitude; briskness, abruptness, smartness,… …
124quickness — n 1. haste, speed, rapidity, swiftness, celerity, fleetness, velocity, fastness; suddenness, hastiness, abruptness, briskness, speediness; dispatch, promptness, punctuality; brevity, impermanence, tran sitoriness, transience, ephemerality,… …
125rush — v 1. hasten, Literary. haste, hurry, move quickly, lose no time; make haste, Scot. swith, Scot. whirry, race, scurry, skip, spurt, whisk, run, sprint; press on, push on, shoot, tear, fly, fly on the wings of the wind, outstrip the wind, take wing …
126hasty — UK [ˈheɪstɪ] / US adjective Word forms hasty : adjective hasty comparative hastier superlative hastiest 1) done in a hurry because you do not have much time a hasty inspection 2) doing things in a hurry, without careful planning or thought She… …
127hasty — /ˈheɪsti/ (say haystee) adjective (hastier, hastiest) 1. moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried. 2. made or done with haste or speed: a hasty visit. 3. unduly quick in movement or action; precipitate; rash: hasty reply. 4. done with… …
128proper terms — This is the technical name for terms denoting groups of animals and birds, such as flight (of swallows) and pride (of lions), and occasionally people. Some, such as herd, have more general application (e.g. to cows, sheep, and elephants), while… …
