5106924471 | cajole | persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery | 0 | |
5106926729 | furor | an uproar; a state of great anger or excitement | 1 | |
5106926730 | assuage | to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench | 2 | |
5106926731 | berate | To scold harshly | 3 | |
5106926732 | rectify | to correct | 4 | |
5106929951 | exacting | extremely demanding | 5 | |
5106929952 | vindicate | To free from blame | 6 | |
5106929953 | peremptory | having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute | 7 | |
5106931939 | aspire | to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend | 8 | |
5106931940 | ratify | approve formally; confirm; verify | 9 | |
5106931941 | obdurate | stubborn, unyielding | 10 | |
5106934057 | proliferate | to increase in number quickly | 11 | |
5106934058 | bombastic | pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas | 12 | |
5106935771 | tenuous | thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported | 13 | |
5106937563 | pronouncement | a usually formal declaration of opinion | 14 | |
5106937564 | idiosyncrasy | Characteristic or habit peculiar to an individual; peculiar quality, quirk | 15 | |
5106937565 | simile | A comparison of two things using like or as | 16 | |
5106939849 | polemical | causing debate or argument | 17 | |
5106939850 | rhetoric | The art of using language effectively and persuasively | 18 | |
5106941659 | assiduous | Persistent, attentive, diligent | 19 |
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