Wordly Wise 1-8

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Avid

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Having a strong desire for, to the point of greed

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Brusque

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Abrupt in manner or speech;gruff

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Concise

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Short and to the point

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Demean

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To cause a lowering of self-esteem

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Despicable

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Deserving contempt or scorn

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Emulate

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To try to equal

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Evoke

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To call forth: to produce

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Excruciating

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Very painful

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Inaugurate

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To install in office with a formal ceremony

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Pervade

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To spread throughout

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Proprietor

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An owner of a store or others business

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Pseudonym

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A fictitious name used by an author

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Rebuff

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To reject blunty

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Resilient

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Capable of recovering quickly from misfortune

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Turbulent

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Chaotic: unruly

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Abrasion

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A wearing away or rubbing away by fiction

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Clad

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Clothed or covered

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Corroborate

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To provide evidence to make more certain to confirm

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Cursory

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Done in a hurry and with little attention to detail

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Dehydrate

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To remove water

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Derive

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To take or receive from a source

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Electrify

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To wire or equip with electric power

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Endeavor

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To attempt earnestlky

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Gingerly

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Cautious; very careful

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Grimace

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To make a face expressing feelings of pain, disgust, or contempt

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Gruesome

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Causing shock or horror

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Inventory

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A list of possessions or goods on hand

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Simulate

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To take on the qualities of another; to imitate

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Succumb

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To give up or into ; to yield

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Surmise

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To suppose something without sufficient evidence

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Anonymous

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Of an unknown source or unrevealed name

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Anthology

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A collection of various writings

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Conjection

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A conclusions based on guesswork

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Disposition

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A person's usual mood, temparament

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Encompass

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To enclose or encircle

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Extricate

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To free from a difficult or tangled situation

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Gnereation

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One step in the line of a family

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Guile

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Cunning or deceit in dealing with

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Imperative

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Urgent pressing

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Instill

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To introduce gradually in order to establish securely

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Modify

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To make less extreme or severe

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Pivot

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A small bar or rod on which something else turns

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Prevalent

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Commonly occurring; widely accepted or practice

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Recur

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To come up again or to happen again

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Spontaneous

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Voluntary and unplanned

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Abhor

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To shrink from in disgust

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Affable

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Pleasant; approachable

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Amiss

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In a wrong or imperfect way

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Despondent

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Depressed from loss of hope or confidence

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Entreat

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Depressed from loss of hope or confidence, utterly discouraged.

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Haunt

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To stay in ones mind continually

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Impel

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To drive or to propel

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Irascible

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Quick tempered, irritable