English words containing gadarene:

noun

Brisk and cheerful readiness.

Usage examples:

She accepted the invitation with alacrity

noun

Speed and interest

Usage examples:

He invited us all to visit, and we agreed with alacrity.

noun

Speed and eagerness

Usage examples:

She accepted the money with alacrity.

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable.

Usage examples:

Many have an almost fatalistic attitude towards their own health

adjective

Believing that people cannot change the way events will happen and that events, especially bad ones, cannot be avoided

Usage examples:

She was fatalistic about the future., he had a fatalistic acceptance of his bad luck in life.

verb

Seek to influence (a legislator) on an issue.

Usage examples:

They insist on their right to lobby congress

noun

A room providing a space out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead, typically one near the entrance of a public building.

Usage examples:

They went into the hotel lobby

noun

(in the uk) any of several large halls in the houses of parliament in which mps may meet members of the public.

Usage examples:

The meeting also decided to ban smoking in the central hall and lobbies of parliament in the light …

adjective

Favouring the principle of not becoming involved in the affairs of other countries.

Usage examples:

A government practising non-interventionist policies

noun

A supporter of the principle of not becoming involved in the affairs of other countries.

Usage examples:

A nation of war-weary non-interventionists

noun

The upward force that a liquid or gas exerts on a body floating in it.

Usage examples:

The fish in the bucket is upthrusted by the water.

adjective

Thrust or pointed upwards.

Usage examples:

The powerful, upthrust shape of the monument symbolizes the rebirth of the city