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impetuosity

nounCommon GRE wordMore I words

impulsive, headlong energy and rash eagerness

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Impetuosity in a sentence

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His impetuosity led him to invest before checking a single fact.

Synonyms
impulsivenessrashnessrecklessnesshastiness
Antonyms
cautiondeliberation

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Critics complained that the documentary's narration was relentlessly blank, hammering home its single thesis so often that viewers felt lectured rather than informed.

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Impetuosity (noun) means impulsive, headlong energy and rash eagerness
Here is impetuosity used in an example sentence: "His impetuosity led him to invest before checking a single fact."
Common synonyms for impetuosity include impulsiveness, rashness, recklessness, hastiness.
Antonyms of impetuosity include caution, deliberation.
Impetuosity is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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