VFA #10-11

• beseech (v.)


  to request earnestly; to implore or beg
• cajole (v.)


  to urge with gentle, repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery; to wheedle
• elicit (v.)


  to bring out or call forth
• enjoin (v.)


  to direct or order with authority / to prohibit or forbid
• exigency (n.)


  the state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action / an urgent crisis or situation
• imperious (adj.)


  arrogantly bossy; domineering; overbearing
• injunction (n.)


  a command, a directive, or an order
• mendicant (adj.)


  dependent on begging for a living
• mendicant (n.)


  a begger
• query (n.)


  a question; an inquiry
• query (v.)


  to question, often with doubt
• servile (adj.)


  slavish; behaving like a servant, excessively submissive / like that of a slave or servant
• abound (v.)


  to be great in number or amount
• amplitude (n.)


  greatness of size or range; magnitude
• augment (v.)


  to add to; to increase the size, extent, or quantity of
• behemoth (n.)


  something enormous in size or power
• brevity (n.)


  the quality of being short in duration; briefness / brief or concise expression; terseness
• diminish (v.)


  to make or become smaller or less / to lessen the authority, reputation, or prestige of
• infinitesimal (adj.)


  too small to measure or calculate
• modicum (n.)


  a small or token amount
• prodigious (adj.)


  impressively great in size, force, or extent / extraordinary; marvelous
• quotidian (adj.)


  everyday; commonplace