1	brackets		_____	To test the knowledge of by posing questions.
2	microphone		_____	Goods bought and sold in business; commercial wares.
3	compliment		_____	A simple rigid structure in the shape of an L.
4	resign		_____	To give up one's job or office; quit, especially by formal notification.
5	signature		_____	a unit of energy given by food.
6	persist		_____	To continue in existence; last.
7	permission		_____	One's name as written by oneself.
8	succeeded		_____	authorization to do something.
9	quizzed		_____	To give up or abandon.
10	startle		_____	An instrument that converts sound waves into an electric current, usually fed into an amplifier, a recorder, or a broadcast transmitter.
11	calories		_____	An expression of praise, admiration, or congratulation.
12	merchandise		_____	To accomplish something desired or intended.
13	surrender		_____	To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly.
14	applied		_____	Put into practice or a particular use.