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What does the term 'cajole' mean?
What does the term 'cajole' mean?
Which of the following best defines 'imbue'?
Which of the following best defines 'imbue'?
What does 'taciturn' describe?
What does 'taciturn' describe?
What does the term 'stealthy' imply?
What does the term 'stealthy' imply?
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How is the word 'meager' best understood?
How is the word 'meager' best understood?
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Which term describes someone who is difficult to engage in conversation?
Which term describes someone who is difficult to engage in conversation?
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What characteristic would best describe a shortage of resources?
What characteristic would best describe a shortage of resources?
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Which word depicts a process where someone is persuaded through flattery?
Which word depicts a process where someone is persuaded through flattery?
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What does it mean if something is described as 'verbatim'?
What does it mean if something is described as 'verbatim'?
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Which term refers to walking with effort due to fatigue?
Which term refers to walking with effort due to fatigue?
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Vocabulary Definitions
- Cajole: Persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery.
- Elucidate: Make (something) clear; explain.
- Imbue: To add or infuse something with something.
- Belittle: Make (someone or something) seem unimportant.
- Verbatim: In exactly the same words as were used originally.
- Fugacious: Tending to disappear; fleeting.
- Taciturn: (Of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
- Insuperable: (Of a difficulty or obstacle) impossible to overcome.
- Meager: (Of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality.
- Stealthy: Behaving, done, or made in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard.
- Boycott: Withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
- Nurture: To take care of, feed, and protect someone or something, especially young children or plants, and help him, her, or it to develop.
- Inevitable: You can't stop what's coming.
- Recurring: Occurring again periodically or repeatedly.
- Parched: Dried out with heat.
- Vituperate: Blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language.
- Trudge: Walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions.
- Linger: It stays.
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