diff --git a/dictionary.go b/dictionary.go
index 4709de4..e30e8d9 100644
--- a/dictionary.go
+++ b/dictionary.go
@@ -2,20 +2,25 @@
 package fname
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
-	"embed"
-	"fmt"
+	_ "embed"
+	"strings"
 )
 
-const (
-	adjectiveFilePath = "data/adjective"
-	adverbFilePath    = "data/adverb"
-	nounFilePath      = "data/noun"
-	verbFilePath      = "data/verb"
-)
+//go:embed data/adjective
+var _adjective string
+var adjective = strings.Split(_adjective, "\n")
+
+//go:embed data/adverb
+var _adverb string
+var adverb = strings.Split(_adverb, "\n")
 
-//go:embed data/*
-var dataFS embed.FS
+//go:embed data/noun
+var _noun string
+var noun = strings.Split(_noun, "\n")
+
+//go:embed data/verb
+var _verb string
+var verb = strings.Split(_verb, "\n")
 
 // Dictionary is a collection of words.
 type Dictionary struct {
@@ -28,61 +33,12 @@ type Dictionary struct {
 // NewDictionary creates a new dictionary.
 func NewDictionary() *Dictionary {
 	// TODO: allow for custom dictionary
-	a, err := loadFile(adjectiveFilePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	av, err := loadFile(adverbFilePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	n, err := loadFile(nounFilePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	v, err := loadFile(verbFilePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
 	return &Dictionary{
-		adectives: a,
-		adverbs:   av,
-		nouns:     n,
-		verbs:     v,
-	}
-}
-
-// Adjective returns a random adjective.
-func (d *Dictionary) Adjective(idx int) (string, error) {
-	if idx < 0 || idx >= len(d.adectives) {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("index out of range: %d", idx)
-	}
-	return d.adectives[idx], nil
-}
-
-// Adverb returns a random adverb.
-func (d *Dictionary) Adverb(idx int) (string, error) {
-	if idx < 0 || idx >= len(d.adverbs) {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("index out of range: %d", idx)
+		adectives: adjective,
+		adverbs:   adverb,
+		nouns:     noun,
+		verbs:     verb,
 	}
-	return d.adverbs[idx], nil
-}
-
-// Noun returns a random noun.
-func (d *Dictionary) Noun(idx int) (string, error) {
-	if idx < 0 || idx >= len(d.nouns) {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("index out of range: %d", idx)
-	}
-	return d.nouns[idx], nil
-}
-
-// Verb returns a random verb.
-func (d *Dictionary) Verb(idx int) (string, error) {
-	if idx < 0 || idx >= len(d.verbs) {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("index out of range: %d", idx)
-	}
-	return d.verbs[idx], nil
 }
 
 // LengthAdjective returns the number of adjectives in the dictionary.
@@ -104,26 +60,3 @@ func (d *Dictionary) LengthNoun() int {
 func (d *Dictionary) LengthVerb() int {
 	return len(d.verbs)
 }
-
-// loadFile loads a file from the embedded filesystem, and returns a slice of strings containing each line.
-func loadFile(path string) ([]string, error) {
-	f, err := dataFS.Open(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-
-	var words []string
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(f)
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		w := scanner.Text()
-		if w != "" {
-			words = append(words, scanner.Text())
-		}
-	}
-	if scanner.Err() != nil {
-		return nil, scanner.Err()
-	}
-
-	return words, nil
-}
diff --git a/dictionary_test.go b/dictionary_test.go
index 95f970f..f540957 100644
--- a/dictionary_test.go
+++ b/dictionary_test.go
@@ -32,72 +32,6 @@ func TestNewDictionary(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Error("\t\tShould be able to load the verb file.")
 			}
 
-			adj, err := d.Adjective(0)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Error("\t\tShould be able to get an adjective from the dictionary.")
-			}
-			t.Log("\t\tShould be able to get an adjective from the dictionary.")
-			if adj != "able" {
-				t.Error("\t\tShould be able to get the first adjective from the dictionary.")
-			}
-			t.Log("\t\tShould be able to get the first adjective from the dictionary.")
-
-			_, err = d.Adjective(-1)
-			if err == nil {
-				t.Error("\t\tShould not be able to get an adjective from the dictionary with a negative index.")
-			}
-			t.Log("\t\tShould not be able to get an adjective from the dictionary with a negative index.")
-
-			adv, err := d.Adverb(0)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Error("\t\tShould be able to get an adverb from the dictionary.")
-			}
-			t.Log("\t\tShould be able to get an adverb from the dictionary.")
-			if adv != "abnormally" {
-				t.Error("\t\tShould be able to get the first adverb from the dictionary.")
-			}
-			t.Log("\t\tShould be able to get the first adverb from the dictionary.")
-
-			_, err = d.Adverb(-1)
-			if err == nil {
-				t.Error("\t\tShould not be able to get an adverb from the dictionary with a negative index.")
-			}
-			t.Log("\t\tShould not be able to get an adverb from the dictionary with a negative index.")
-
-			noun, err := d.Noun(0)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Error("\t\tShould be able to get a noun from the dictionary.")
-			}
-			t.Log("\t\tShould be able to get a noun from the dictionary.")
-
-			if noun != "aardvark" {
-				t.Error("\t\tShould be able to get the first noun from the dictionary.")
-			}
-			t.Log("\t\tShould be able to get the first noun from the dictionary.")
-
-			_, err = d.Noun(-1)
-			if err == nil {
-				t.Error("\t\tShould not be able to get a noun from the dictionary with a negative index.")
-			}
-			t.Log("\t\tShould not be able to get a noun from the dictionary with a negative index.")
-
-			verb, err := d.Verb(0)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Error("\t\tShould be able to get a verb from the dictionary.")
-			}
-			t.Log("\t\tShould be able to get a verb from the dictionary.")
-
-			if verb != "abandoned" {
-				t.Error("\t\tShould be able to get the first verb from the dictionary.")
-			}
-			t.Log("\t\tShould be able to get the first verb from the dictionary.")
-
-			_, err = d.Verb(-1)
-			if err == nil {
-				t.Error("\t\tShould not be able to get a verb from the dictionary with a negative index.")
-			}
-			t.Log("\t\tShould not be able to get a verb from the dictionary with a negative index.")
-
 			if len(d.adectives) != d.LengthAdjective() {
 				t.Error("\t\tShould be able to get the length of the adjective file.")
 			}
diff --git a/generator.go b/generator.go
index 34b06a6..1c4fe8a 100644
--- a/generator.go
+++ b/generator.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 type Generator struct {
 	dict      *Dictionary
 	delimiter string
-	seed      int64
+	rand      *rand.Rand
 	size      uint
 }
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func WithDelimiter(delimiter string) GeneratorOption {
 // WithSeed sets the seed used to generate random numbers.
 func WithSeed(seed int64) GeneratorOption {
 	return func(r *Generator) {
-		r.seed = seed
+		r.rand.Seed(seed)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -45,48 +45,32 @@ func NewGenerator(opts ...GeneratorOption) *Generator {
 	r := &Generator{
 		dict:      NewDictionary(),
 		delimiter: "-",
-		seed:      time.Now().UnixNano(),
+		rand:      rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())),
 		size:      2,
 	}
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(r)
 	}
-	rand.Seed(r.seed)
 	return r
 }
 
 // Generate generates a random name.
 func (r *Generator) Generate() (string, error) {
 	// TODO: address case where adjective and noun are the same, such as "orange-orange" or "sound-sound"
-	adjective, err := r.dict.Adjective(rand.Intn(r.dict.LengthAdjective()))
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	noun, err := r.dict.Noun(rand.Intn(r.dict.LengthNoun()))
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
+	adjective := r.dict.adectives[r.rand.Intn(r.dict.LengthAdjective())]
+	noun := r.dict.nouns[r.rand.Intn(r.dict.LengthNoun())]
 	words := []string{adjective, noun}
 
 	switch r.size {
 	case 2:
 		return strings.Join(words, r.delimiter), nil
 	case 3:
-		verb, err := r.dict.Verb(rand.Intn(r.dict.LengthVerb()))
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
+		verb := r.dict.verbs[r.rand.Intn(r.dict.LengthVerb())]
 		words = append(words, verb)
 	case 4:
-		verb, err := r.dict.Verb(rand.Intn(r.dict.LengthVerb()))
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
+		verb := r.dict.verbs[r.rand.Intn(r.dict.LengthVerb())]
 		words = append(words, verb)
-		adverb, err := r.dict.Adverb(rand.Intn(r.dict.LengthAdverb()))
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
+		adverb := r.dict.adverbs[r.rand.Intn(r.dict.LengthAdverb())]
 		words = append(words, adverb)
 	default:
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid size: %d", r.size)
diff --git a/generator_test.go b/generator_test.go
index 4734eb4..63a6cd8 100644
--- a/generator_test.go
+++ b/generator_test.go
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ func TestNewGenerator(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatal("\t\tShould be able to set the delimiter of the phrase.")
 			}
 			t.Log("\t\tShould be able to set the delimiter of the phrase.")
-
-			if g.seed != 12345 {
-				t.Fatal("\t\tShould be able to set the seed of the phrase.")
-			}
-			t.Log("\t\tShould be able to set the seed of the phrase.")
 		}
 	}
 }