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lesson 1 WW
Question | Answer |
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avid | having a strong desire for to the point of greed |
brusque | abrupt in manner or speech; gruff |
concise | short and to the point |
demean | to cause a lowering of self-esteem; to lower in reputation or charactere. |
despicable | deserving contempt or scorn |
emulate | to try to equal; to imitate |
evoke | to call forth; to produce |
excrutiating | very painful |
inaugurate | to install in office with a formal ceremony |
pervade | to spread throughout |
proprietor | an owner of a store or other business |
pseudonym | a fictitious nam,e used by an author; a pen name |
rebuff | to reject bluntly or to drive back |
resilient | capable of recovering quickly from misfortune |
turbulent | chaotic; unruly |