Humor reading comprehension

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endow      
    1 endow   endows   endowing   endowed  
You say that someone is endowed with a particular desirable ability, characteristic, or possession when they have it by chance or by birth.
   You are endowed with wealth, good health and a lively intellect.
VB: usu passive  
= be blessed  
    2 endow   endows   endowing   endowed  
If you endow something with a particular feature or quality, you provide it with that feature or quality.
   Herbs have been used for centuries to endow a whole range of foods with subtle flavours.
VB  
= imbue  
    3 endow   endows   endowing   endowed  
If someone endows an institution, scholarship, or project, they provide a large amount of money which will produce the income needed to pay for it.
   The ambassador has endowed a $1 million public-service fellowships program.
VB  

perceptual      
    perceptual  
Perceptual means relating to the way people interpret and understand what they see or notice. (FORMAL)
   Some children have more finely trained perceptual skills than others.
ADJ: ADJ n  

A host of things is a lot of things

-buster      
    1 -buster  
-buster combines with nouns to form new nouns which refer to someone who breaks a particular law.
   The Security Council will consider taking future actions against sanction-busters.
   ...copyright-busters.
COMB in N-COUNT  
= -breaker  
    2 -buster  
-buster combines with nouns to form new nouns which refer to someone or something that fights or overcomes the specified crime or undesirable activity.
   Hoover was building his reputation as a crime-buster.
   ...fraud-busters.
COMB in N-COUNT  


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