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lesson 1 WW
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |