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avid
abrupt in manner or speech; gruff
brusque
very painful
excruciating
to spread throughout
pervade; pervasive
a fictitious name used by an author
pseudonym
clothed or covered
clad
to provide evidence to make more certain; to confirm
corroborate
to remove water from
dehydrate
to take or receive from a source
derived
to attempt earnestly
to make a face expressing feelings of pain, disgust, or contempt
grimace
causing horror or disgust
gruesome
to give up or give in to; to yield
succumb
a list of possessions or goods on hand
inventory
a wearing away or rubbing away by friction
abrasion
commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced
prevalent
voluntary and unplanned
spontaneous
a person or thing on which others depend
pivot
to introduce gradually in order to establish securely
instill
capable of recovering quickly from misfortune
resilient
cunning or deceit in dealing with others; trickery
guile
to reject bluntly
rebuff
to call forth; to produce
evoke
chaotic; unruly
turbulent
to try to equal; to imitate
emulate