Vocabulary 9- Requests and Demands

Question 1

Beseech

Answer 1

(verb) ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat

Question 2

Blandishment

Answer 2

(noun) a flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something

Question 3

Cajole

Answer 3

(verb) persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery

Question 4

Elicit

Answer 4

(verb) evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one’s own actions or questions

Question 5

Enjoin

Answer 5

• (verb) instruct or urge (someone) to do something.
• prescribe (an action or attitude) to be performed or adopted
• prohibit someone from performing (a particular action) by issuing an injunction

Question 6

Exigent

Answer 6

(adjective) pressing; demanding

Question 7

Imperious

Answer 7

(adjective) assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering

Question 8

Injunction

Answer 8

(noun) an authoritative warning or order

a judicial order that restrains a person from beginning or continuing an action threatening or invading the legal right of another, or that compels a person to carry out a certain act, e.g., to make restitution to an injured party

Question 9

Mendicant

Answer 9

(adjective) given to begging

(noun) a beggar

Question 10

Query

Answer 10

(noun) a question, especially one addressed to an official or organization
(verb) ask a question about something, especially in order to express one’s doubts about it or to check its validity or accuracy