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Elie Wiesel - Night Vocabulary
elicit, cajole, blandishment, beseech, enjoin, exigent, imperious, injunction, mendicant, query
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10th Grade
12/15/2010
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cajole
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to coax gently and persistently; wheedle
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elicit
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to bring out; evoke
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blandishment
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the act of coaxing by flattery or wheedling
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beseech
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to address an earnest or urgent request to; implore
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enjoin
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to direct with authority and emphasis; command
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exigent
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requiring immediate attention or remedy
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imperious
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arrogantly domineering or overbearing
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injunction
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a command, directive or order
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mendicant
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a beggar
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query
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a question; inquiry
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