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Vocabulary III
Lesson 11&12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| beseech | to request earnestly; to implore or beg |
| cajole | to urge with gentle, repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery; to wheedle |
| elicit | to bring out or call forth |
| enjoin | to direct or order with authority; to prohibit or forbid |
| exigency | the state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action; an urgent crisis or situation |
| imperious | arrogantly bossy; domineering; overbearing |
| injunction | a command, a directive, or an order |
| mendicant | dependent on begging for a living; a beggar |
| query | a question; an inquiry; to question, often with doubt |
| servile | slavish; behaving like servant; excessively submissive; like that of a slave or servant |
| abound | to be great in number or amount |
| amplitude | greatness of size or range; magnitude |
| augment | to add; to increase the size, extent, or quantity of |
| behemoth | something enormous in size or power |
| brevity | the quality of being short in duration; briefness; brief or concise expression; terseness |
| diminish | to make or become smaller or less; to lessen the authority, reputation, or prestige of |
| infinitesimal | too small to measure or calculate |
| modicum | a small or token amount |
| prodigious | impressively great in size, force, or extent; extraordinary; marvelous |
| quotidian | everyday; commonplace |