motivated
Someone who is motivated has a cause to do something. If you have a habit of eating cheesecake for breakfast, an image of clogged arteries taped to your fridge might make you a motivated dieter.
You’ll find motive hidden inside motivated––and from detective movies you know every crime has a motive, or a reason it was committed. Racially-motivated crimes can spark riots. A killer might be motivated by jealousy, anger and greed. Being motivated doesn't always lead to crime, though. If you’re one of those rare birds that sticks to New Year’s resolutions, people probably ask, “How do you stay motivated?!” They mean, “How you avoid giving up like the rest of us?”
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strongly driven to succeed or achieve something
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antonyms:
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unmotivated
lacking interest, drive, or ambition
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unmotivated
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provided with a motive or given incentive for action“a highly motivated child can learn almost anything”“a group of politically motivated men”
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synonyms:
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intended
resulting from one's intentions
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actuated
moved to action
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driven, impelled
urged or forced to action through moral pressure
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antonyms:
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unmotivated
without motivation
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unintended
not deliberate
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causeless, reasonless
having no justifying cause or reason
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motiveless, unprovoked, wanton
occurring without motivation or provocation
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Vocabulary lists containing motivated
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On the SAT, all of the Reading Test questions are multiple choice and are based on reading passages that may be taken from literature, science, the social sciences, or a U.S. founding document (or a text inspired by such a document). Many of the reading comprehension questions meant to assess a student’s understanding of those passages will require students to choose words that best describe the writer’s tone or point of view, words like the 25 words you see on this list. Learn them here so when you see them in an SAT answer choice, you’ll know what they mean! Following our Roadmap to the SAT? Head back to see what else you should be learning this week.
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