1. flourish ………. ..... a) to use you authority to reject somebody’s decision, order, etc.
2. backbone ………. ….. b) to avoid cleverly or illegally
3. medieval ………. ….. c) to deal with or to control somebody or something
4. reconcile ………. ….. d) to develop in a successful way
5. handle ………. ..... e) a desire for more food, money, power, etc. than you really
need
6. circumvent ………. ….. f) connected with the period in history between about 1100 and 1500 AD (the Middle Ages)
7. override ………. ….. g) the most important part of something
8. greed ………. ….. h) to find a way of dealing with two ideas, situations, statements, etc. that seem to be opposite to each other