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WW-8-1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Avid (adj.) | 1. Having a strong desire for, eager, enthusiastic |
| Brusque (adj.) | Abrupt in manner or speech |
| Brusque (n) | The quality or state of brusque |
| Concise (adj.) | Short and to the point |
| Demean (v) | To cause a lowering of self esteem, to lower in reputation or character |
| Demeaning (adj.) | Degrading |
| Despicable (adj.) | Deserving content or scorn |
| Emulate (v) | To try to equal,, to imitate |
| Evoke (v) | To call forth or produce, to bring to mind, often by suggestion |
| Evocative (adj.) | Creating something again,especially through imagination |
| Excruciating (adj.) | Very painful |
| Inaugurate (v) | To install in office with a formal ceremony, to begin officially or to mark the beginning of |
| Inauguration (n) | The act of installing in office |
| Pervade (v) | To spread throughout |
| Pervasive (adj.) | Spreading throughout |
| Proprietor (n) | The owner of a store or other business |
| Pseudonym (n) | A fictitious name used by an author |
| Rebuff (v) | To reject bluntly, to drive back |
| Rebuff (n) | A blunt rejection, an abrupt setback in progress |
| Resilient (adj.) | Capable of recovering quickly from misfortune, returning quickly to an original shape or condition |
| Resilience (n) | The ability to recover, The ability to spring back |
| Turbulent (adj.) | Chaotic, unruly, stormy |
| Turbulence (n) | Great disturbance or agitation, rapid changes in wind speed or direction in the atmesphere |
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