Vocab Quiz 1

Question 1

Avid

Answer 1

Having a strong desire for, to the point of greed.

Eager; enthusiastic

Question 2

Brusuqe

Answer 2

Abrupt in manner or speech; gruff.

Question 3

Brusqueness

Answer 3

The quality or state of being brusque.

Question 4

Concise

Answer 4

short and to the point.

Question 5

Demean

Answer 5

To cause a lowering of self-esteem; to lower in reputation or character.

Question 6

Demeaning

Answer 6

Degrading.

Question 7

Despicable

Answer 7

Deserving contempt of scorn.

Question 8

Emulate

Answer 8

To try to equal; to imitate.

Question 9

Evoke

Answer 9

To call forth; to produce.

Question 10

Evocative

Answer 10

Creating something again, especially through the imagination.

Question 11

Excruciating

Answer 11

Very painful.

Question 12

Inaugurate

Answer 12

To install in office with a formal ceremony.

To begin officially or to make the opening of.

Question 13

Inauguration

Answer 13

The act of installing in office.

Question 14

Pervade

Answer 14

To spread throughout

Question 15

Pervasive

Answer 15

Spreading throughout

Question 16

Proprietor

Answer 16

An owner of a store or other business.

Question 17

Pseudonym

Answer 17

A fictitious name used by an author; a pen name.

Question 18

Rebuff

Answer 18

To reject bluntly.

To drive back.

A blunt rejection.

An abrupt setback in progress.

Question 19

Resilient

Answer 19

Capable of recovering quickly from misfortune.

Returning quickly to an original shape or condition.

Question 20

Resilience

Answer 20

The ability to recover.

The ability to spring back.

Question 21

Turbulent

Answer 21

Chaotic; unruly

Stormy; tempestuous.

Question 22

Turbulence

Answer 22

Great disturbance or agitation.
Rapid changes in wind,speed, and direction in the atmosphere.