vocab 1

Question 1

avid

Answer 1

1.having a strong desire for, to the point of greed

2. Eager; enthusiastic

Question 2

1.Brusque
2.brusquness

Answer 2

1.abrupt in manner or speech;gruff.
2. The quality or state of being brusque

Question 3

Concise

Answer 3

Short and to the point.

Question 4

1.Demean
2.demeaning

Answer 4

1.to cause a lowering of self-esteem; to lower in reputation or character
2. Degrading

Question 5

Despicable

Answer 5

Deserving contempt or scorn

Question 6

Emulate

Answer 6

To try to equal;to imitate

Question 7

1.Evoke
2. Evocative

Answer 7

1. To call forth;to produce
   - to bring to mind often by suggestion
2. Creating something again, especially through the imagination.

Question 8

Excruciating

Answer 8

Very painful

Question 9

Inaugurate
Inauguration

Answer 9

1.To install in office with a formal ceremony.
-to begin officially or mark the opening of
2. The act of installing in office

Question 10

1.Pervade
2. Pervasive

Answer 10

1.to spread throughout
2. spreading throughout.

Question 11

Proprietor

Answer 11

An owner of a store or other business

Question 12

Pseudonym

Answer 12

A fictitious name used by an author ; a pen name

Question 13

Rebuff

Answer 13

1.To reject bluntly
2.To drive back
3.A blunt rejection
4.An abrupt setback in progress

Question 14

Resilient
Resilience

Answer 14

1. Capable of recovering quickly from misfortune
2. Returning quickly to an original shape or condition
3. The ability to recover
4. The ability to spring back.

Question 15

Turbulent
Turbulence

Answer 15

1. Chaotic;unruly
   2.stormy; tempestuous
   1.great disturbance or agitation
   2.rapid changes in wild speed and direction in the atmosphere