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LA Vocab 14
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| avid | 1.Having a sttrong desire for; to the point of greed 2.Eager; enthusiastic |
| brusque | Abrupt in manner of speech (gruff) |
| concise | Short and to the point |
| demean | to cause a lowering self-esteem; to lower in reputation or character |
| despicable | deserving contempt or scorn |
| emulate | to try to equal; to imitate |
| evoke | 1. to call forth; to produce 2. to bring to mind often by suggestion |
| evokative | creating something again, expecially through imagination |
| brusqueness | the quality or state of being brosque |
| demeaning | degrading |
| excruciating | very painful |
| inaugrate | to install in office with a formal ceremony |
| inauguration | the act of installing in office |
| pervade | to spread throughout |
| pervasive | spreading throughout |
| preprietor | an owner of a store or other business |
| pseudonym | a fictious name used by an author; pen name |
| rebuff | 1. to reject bluntly 2. to drive back 3. an abrupt setback in progress |
| resilient | 1.capable of recovering quickly from misfortune 2. returning quickly to an original shape or condition 3.the ability to spring back |
| turbulent | 1.chaotic;unruly 2. stormy; tempestous 3. rapid changes in the wind spee and direction in the atmosphere |