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Associations of "Behaving" (30 Words)
act | Take action do something. He acted in Julius Caesar. |
action | Take action on deal with. A man of action. |
become | Come into existence. She wanted to become a doctor. |
comport | Conduct oneself; behave. Articulate students who comported themselves well in interviews. |
conduct | Transmit a form of energy such as heat or electricity by conduction. In the second trial he conducted his own defence. |
courteously | In a polite manner. |
deed | Convey or transfer property or rights by legal deed. She had erred in both deed and manner. |
deign | Do something that one considers to be below one’s dignity. She did not deign to answer the maid s question. |
demeanor | The way a person behaves toward other people. |
dissemble | Hide under a false appearance. An honest sincere person with no need to dissemble. |
do | Get something done. Hi how are you doing today. |
ethology | The science of animal behaviour. |
feign | Make believe with the intent to deceive. She feigned nervousness. |
hasty | Excessively quick. A hasty attempt to defuse the situation. |
headlong | Excessively quick. Burst headlong through the gate. |
hurried | Done in a hurry; rushed. I ate a hurried breakfast. |
ideally | Preferably; in an ideal world. Her experience makes her ideally suited to the job. |
modestly | With modesty; in a modest manner. Women are expected to dress modestly. |
moralistic | Narrowly and conventionally moral. Modernized fairy tales are often moralistic and cleaned up. |
politely | In a respectful and considerate manner. He waited politely for me to ask questions. |
pretend | Represent fictitiously as in a play or pretend to be or act like. She pretended a greater surprise than she felt. |
pretension | A claim or aspiration to a particular quality. All that we cannot tolerate is pretension to infallibility. |
pretext | An artful or simulated semblance. The rebels had the perfect pretext for making their move. |
prudery | Excessive or affected modesty. |
prudish | Having or revealing a tendency to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity; excessively concerned with sexual propriety. The prudish moral climate of the late 19th century. |
rashly | Without careful consideration of the possible consequences; impetuously. Rashly Theresa accepts a second date with Tony. |
sham | Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be. He shammed a headache. |
simulate | Pretend to have or feel (an emotion. Future population changes were simulated by computer. |
smatter | Work with in an amateurish manner. She smatters Russian. |