[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"impetuous"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=1] [*]characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic) [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/hotheaded"]hotheaded[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/impulsive"]impulsive[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/madcap"]madcap[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/tearaway(a)"]tearaway(a)[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/brainish"]brainish[/URL]] [*]marked by violent force; "impetuous heaving waves" [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/impetuous"]http://www.word.sc/impetuous[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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