← wordly wise 8 lesson 1 Export Options Alphabetize Word-Def Delimiter Tab Comma Custom Def-Word Delimiter New Line Semicolon Custom Data Copy and paste the text below. It is read-only. Select All avid having a strong desire for; to the point of greed eager; enthusiastic brusque abrupr in manner ro speech; gruff brusqueness the quality or state of veing brusque concise short and to the point demean to cause a lowering of self-esteem; to lower in reputation or character demeaning degrading despicable deserving contempt or scorn emulate to try to equal; to imitate evoke to call forth; to produce to bring to mind, often by suggestion evocative creating something again, especially through the imagination excruciating very painful inaugurate to install in office with a formal ceremony inauguration the act of installing in office pervade to spread throughout pervasive spreading throughout proprietor an owner of a store or other business pseudonym a fictitious name used by an author; a pen name rebuff to reject bluntly to drive back a blunt rejection an abropt setback in progress resilient capable of recovering quckly from misfortune returning quickly to a original shape or condition resilience the ability to recover the ability to spring back turbulent chaotic; unruly stormy; tempestuous turbulence great disturbance or agitation rapid changes in wind speed and direction in the atomsphere