| word | vivacious |
|---|---|
| definition | Lively in an attractive way. |
| eg_sentence | For the cheerleading squad, only the most outgoing, energetic, and vivacious of the students get chosen. |
| explanation | Vivacious can be used to describe a piece of music or writing, but it's generally used today to describe people, and particularly women. The main female characters in Shakespeare's plays—Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Rosalind in As You Like It, and Portia in The Merchant of Venice, for example—are often full of humor, spirit, and vivacity |
| IPA | vəˈveɪʃəs |
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