Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
---|---|---|---|---|
keen | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
swell | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
keen (noun) | swell (noun) |
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a funeral lament sung with loud wailing | a crescendo followed by a decrescendo |
the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea | |
a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) | |
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance |
keen (adjective) | swell (adjective) |
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excellent | excellent |
intense or sharp | |
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | |
having a sharp cutting edge or point | |
painful as if caused by a sharp instrument |
keen (verb) | swell (verb) |
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express grief verbally | expand abnormally |
cause to become swollen | |
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity | |
come up, as of a liquid | |
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger | |
come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things) |