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Impetuous: meaning, example and synonyms

Impetuousadj. Acting quickly and rashly, without careful thought about consequences.

Flashcard for Impetuous (adjective): acting quickly and rashly, without careful thought about consequences. Example: His impetuous decision to resign in the middle of the meeting left the committee without a chair just weeks before its most important vote. Synonyms: rash, impulsive, hasty, reckless. Antonyms: cautious, deliberate, prudent, circumspect. Memory tip: Impetus = a push: an impetuous person is pushed by impulse. Illustration: a fully clothed young man leaping up from a conference table mid-meeting, chair tipping back, while seated colleagues look up in surprise.

Example

His impetuous decision to resign in the middle of the meeting left the committee without a chair just weeks before its most important vote.

Part of speech
adjective
Synonyms
rash, impulsive, hasty, reckless
Antonyms
cautious, deliberate, prudent, circumspect
Memory tip
Impetus = a push: an impetuous person is pushed by impulse.

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Question 1

Regretting his ______ decision to sell the family farm on the very day the offer arrived, the heir later spent years trying in vain to buy it back.

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Military historians often blame the defeat on the general's ______ charge, ordered before his scouts had returned with news of the enemy's position.

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