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27 Cards in this Set
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Cajole |
To persuade by using flattery (She cajoled her parents) |
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Exhort |
To urge strongly (The doctor exhorted the patient to stop smoking) |
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Coerce |
To persuade through the use of force (The bully coerced the smaller boy to giving money) |
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Induce |
To cause (They induced the baby's birth with medication) |
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Coax |
To persuade by using flattery (The man coaxed the waitress into meeting him) |
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Provoke |
To stir up; To excite (He provoked his brother to fight) |
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Obligatory |
Required (The test is obligatory or you fail) |
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Wheedle |
To influence by flattery (She wheedled him into going out with her) |
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Goad |
To urge into action (To goad them into their best performance) |
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Begrudge |
To give in to something reluctantly (She begrudged her friend the award) |
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Spur |
To goad into action (Appreciation spurs ambition) |
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Prerequisite |
A requirement (Prerequisite courses) |
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Resigned |
Accepting of one's fate (To resign before the inevitable) |
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Destitute |
Completely penniless (The stock market collapse left investors destitute) |
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Frugal |
Economical; Good with money (A frugal shopper looks in other places first) |
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Remuneration |
Payment for services (The remuneration is great - almost $50!) |
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Impecunious |
Without money (She is so impecunious she never goes to the mall) |
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Improvident |
Failing to provide for the future (She was broke due to her improvident spending decisions) |
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Parsimony |
Excessive thriftiness (Her parsimony is almost annoying at the mall) |
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Venal |
Able to be bribed (The outlaws knew the venal sheriff could be paid) |
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Thrifty |
Economical; Good with money (She is so thrifty she only eats cheap bananas every day) |
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Pauper |
An extremely poor individual (You should eat dinner like a pauper) |
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Mercenary |
One who gives his services to the highest bidder |
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Perquisite |
Payment or privilege received in addition to wages (She enjoyed the perquisites of the job) |
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Insolvent |
Bankrupt |
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Indigent |
Impoverished, poor |
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Pecuniary |
Pertaining to money |
