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cajole

[kuh-johl]

to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax

myriad

[mir-ee-uhd]

a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things

eldritch

[el-drich]

eerie; weird; spooky

condign

[kuhn-dahyn]

well-deserved; fitting; adequate

irenic

[ahy-ren-ik]

tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory

pleonasm

[plee-uh-naz-uhm]

the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy

alimentation

[al-uh-men-tey-shuhn]

the provision of nourishment or other necessities of life

staid

[steyd]

of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious

inexorable

[in-ek-ser-uh-buhl]

not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties

tenacious

[tuh-ney-shuhs]

holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold

svelte

[svelt]

slim; slender in figure or lithe

yeoman

[yoh-muhn]

performed in a workmanlike, valiant, and useful manner, especially in situations involving a great deal of effort

pervade

[per-veyd]

to become spread throughout all parts of

ostensible

[o-sten-suh-buhl]

outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended

rapscallion

[rap-skal-yuhn]

a rascal; rogue; scamp

dollop

[dol-uhp]

to dispense in dollops

subjugate

[suhb-juh-geyt]

to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master

elegy

[el-i-jee]

a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead

friable

[frahy-uh-buhl]

easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly

spasmodic

[spaz-mod-ik ]

pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms

enigma

[uh-nig-muh]

a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation

extrapolate

[ik-strap-uh-leyt]

to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture

jejune

[ji-joon]

(of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting

perfidy

[perfidy]

deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery