Week2 Day 4

Question 1

Avid

Answer 1

adj. Having an ardent desire or unbounded craving; greedy: avid for adventure.
adj. Marked by keen interest and enthusiasm: an avid sports fan.

Question 2

Cajole

Answer 2

v. To encourage or persuade by effort; to coax.

“And then kind of cajole and push and say why certain things should work and certain things wouldn’t work.”

Question 3

Rudimentary

Answer 3

Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; consisting in or dealing with first principles; elementary; initial: as, rudimentary teachings; rudimentary laws.
Of the nature of a rudiment; elementary; undeveloped.

Question 4

Enhance

Answer 4

v. To make greater, as in value, beauty, or effectiveness; augment.
v. To provide with improved, advanced, or sophisticated features: computer software enhanced with cutting-edge functionalities.

Question 5

Nuance

Answer 5

n. A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation.
n. Expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling, or tone: a rich artistic performance, full of nuance.

Question 6

To Beard the Lion

Answer 6

To visit and oppose a person on his own grounds

Question 7

Prevarication

Answer 7

A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth; synonyms: lie
“You see, friends, this is the kind of prevarication I fear from an Obama administration.”