S Gordon English Chapter 15-16

Sir Stevenus Gordonini (United States of America)
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  1. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
  2. affiliate
    join in a social or business relationship
  3. agnostic
    a person who claims the existence of God is unknowable
  4. aspire
    have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
  5. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  6. deficit
    an amount that is less than expected or required
  7. dissent
    a difference of opinion
  8. diversion
    an activity that amuses or stimulates
  9. lucrative
    producing a sizeable profit
  10. mandatory
    required by rule
  11. charisma
    personal attractiveness that enables you to influence others
  12. contemporary
    occurring in the same period of time
  13. contend
    compete for something
  14. conversely
    with the terms of the relation reversed
  15. extrovert
    a person directed toward others as opposed to the self
  16. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  17. prevalent
    most frequent or common
  18. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
  19. quest
    the act of searching for something
  20. traumatic
    psychologically painful
Created on Wed Oct 23 10:32:38 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Oct 24 12:01:48 EDT 2013)

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