247116502 | importune | verb, making of insistent requests so much that the other person is irked. | |
247116503 | supplicate | verb, to ask in a very humble manner | |
247116504 | cajole | verb, to nudge someone jokingly into doing what you ask. | |
247116505 | beseech | verb, to ask earnestly and humbly. | |
247116506 | adjure | verb, to beg with a formal and solemn connotation of taking an oath | |
247116507 | implore | verb, to ask for something that you care for so much that you are at least figuratively near tears | |
247116508 | woo | verb, to beg, entreat, or seek an end. | |
247116509 | entreat | verb, to ask in a very sincere manner | |
247116510 | mendicant | noun, a begger who begs for money | |
247116511 | cadge | verb, to beg for money | |
247116512 | narcissist | noun, a person in love with themselves so they lack empathy. | |
247116513 | solipsist | noun, the idea that only the self has reality or possiblility of being verified. roughly, someone focused on themselves. | |
247116514 | autocrat | noun, the one individual that rules and usually has no limit to power and authority. | |
247116515 | autonomous | adj, something or someone that acts independently | |
247116516 | autodidact | noun, someone self-taught, with no formal education. | |
247116517 | soliloquy | noun, a speech to oneself, usually given by a character alone on the stage | |
247116518 | idiosyncrasy | noun, a characteristic of behavior limited to one person or group. | |
247116519 | recluse | noun, a person who chooses to live in solitude as much as possible | |
247116520 | renegade | noun, a rebel or outlaw. used to mean a deserter | |
247116521 | heterodox | adj, statements, behavior, or opinions that vary from accepted or popular belief. | |
247116522 | cynosure | noun, something or someone that everyone looks at. | |
247116523 | abstruse | adj, something hard to understand due to intellectual difficulty or obscurity | |
247116524 | byzantine | adj, something excessively complicated, especially when they come about through intrigue or scheming. | |
247116525 | inscrutable | adj, something mysterious, hard to fathom or penetrate. | |
247116526 | mendacity | noun, dishonesty. | |
247116527 | apocryphal | adj, things of questionable truth or authenticity | |
247116528 | elliptical | adj, used for written or oral expression. A verbal structure where some element is left out, either intentionally or by error. | |
247116529 | esoteric | adj, known only to a small group | |
247116530 | arcane | adj, a sense of exclusivity, not known by people in general, something mildly mysterious. | |
247116531 | disingenuous | adj, someone who plays dumb | |
247116532 | actitious | adj, something lacking in authenticity. |
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