Wordly Wise Lesson 1

5. n. An owner of a store or other business.
7. adj. Capable of recovering quickly from misfortune. Returning quickly to an original shape or condition. The ability to spring back.
9. v. To reject bluntly. To drive back.
11. adj. creating something again, especially through the imagination
14. v. To call forth; to produce. To bring to mind, often by suggestion.
15. v. To spread throughout.
16. adj. degrading, humiliating
19. n. The act of installing in office
21. adj. Short and to the point.
22. v. To try to equal; to imitate.
24. A blunt rejection. An abrupt setback in progress.

1. n. A fictitious name used by an author; a pen name.
2. adj. Deserving contempt or scorn.
3. adj. Abrupt in manner or speech; gruff.
4. n. The quality or state of being brusque (abrupt).
6. n. great disturbance or agitation
8. v. To install in office with a formal ceremony. To begin officially or mark the opening of.
10. adj. Very painful.
12. n. 1. The ability to recover; The ability to spring back.
13. v. To cause a lowering of self-esteem; to lower in reputation or character; to humiliate
17. adj. spreading throughout
18. adj. Chaotic; unruly. Stormy; tempestuous.
20. rapid changes in wind speed and direction in the atmosphere
23. adj. Having a strong desire for, to the point of greed. Eager; enthusiastic.