Vocabulary Study Guide Lessons 1-10

Brusque means

• Abrupt or blunt
• Kind or considerate
• Polite or courteous
• Smooth or gentle

To demean someone is to

• encourage or uplift them

• respect or honor them

• belittle or degrade them

• praise or elevate them

No shoes, No Shirt, No service is a (a)   way of explaining a dress code.

Having a strong desire for, to the point of greed.

• generous
• avid

• emulate

• pervade

The definition of resilient is

• To be able to recover quickly from difficult conditions
• The ability to recover

• The ability to spring back

• All of the Above

The ointment soothed the excruciating pain from her arm.

What does excruciating mean?

• Very painful

• Painless

Pervade means to

• gather in one place
• spread throughout

• evaporate quickly
• remain still

Done in a hurry with little attention to detail:

• clad

• cursory

• avid

• emulate

Gingerly is to be

• reckless or careless
• confident or bold
• lazy or indifferent
• careful or cautious

Imperative means urgent

• True

• False