Brisk In The Landlady By Roald Dahl

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In The Landlady, Roald Dahl, the author, used five unusually words that consist of, brisk, congenial, conjured, rapacious, and compulsion. Brisk has an origin of French and English. The meaning of brisk is the same as, active, fast, and/or energetic. In the story Roald had said “He walked briskly down the street,” so he was saying that Billy was walking quickly or fast down the street.
The next word that he used was congenial, which means, pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one's own. I was unable to find the origin, but I do know that this word was used more in the early 18th century. In the story it says, “ On the other hand, a pub would be more congenial than a boarding house.”, so when Billy

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