 | Term | Definition |
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avid |
enthusiastic; ardent; dedicated; keen |
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brusque |
abrupt in manner; blunt; rough |
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concise |
expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse: |
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demean |
to lower in dignity, honor, or standing; debase |
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despicable |
deserving to be despised; contemptible |
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emulate |
to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass |
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evoke |
to call up or produce |
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excruciating |
extremely painful; causing intense suffering; unbearably distressing; torturing |
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inaugurate |
to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin |
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pervade |
to become spread throughout all parts of |
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proprietor |
the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc |
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psuedonym |
a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name |
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rebuff |
a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances |
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resilient |
returning to the original form or position after being bent, compressed, or stretched |
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turbulent |
being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed |
