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“cajole” is a verb which means to urge, coax

• An example, “Tom’s friends cajoled him into drinking and driving.”

“coerce” is a verb which means to make someone do something by threat or force

• An example “Peter coerce Simon into doing something he didn’t want to do.”

“coherent” is an adjective which means, logical, consistent or intelligible

• An example “Mary’s speech was very coherent, the people understood everything.”

”bargain”. a noun and a verb. As a verb, it means to negotiate.

• An example, “When you shop in Turkey at the markets, you can try bargaining the shop keepers.”

“brazen”. is an adjective that means to be excessively bold or obvious.

• An example, “He made a brazen attempt to jump from the tree.”

“brusque”. is also an adjective which means short, abrupt.

• An example, “Andrew was very brusque in the interview.”

”benevolent“. an adjective that means “trying to support others, or goodwill to others”.

• An example, “Some movie stars are benevolent, they give their money to the poor.”

”brevity“. a noun which we use to mean “brief and concise”

• An example, “People appreciate brevity when having a meeting, it means they can go home earlier :)”

”aesthetic“. A noun and an adjective. As an adjective, it means relating to a sense of beauty.

• An example, “Aesthetic cars are my brothers favorite past time; he loves to spend time around them”

”ambivalent“. This An adjective which means being uncertain or unable to make a choice.

• An example, “Jennifer became ambivalent about her marriage to Jeff because she realized she still has feelings for Andrew.”

”amicable“. This is an adjective which means peaceful or friendly.

• An example, “Fortunately, my customer and I have reached an amicable compromise after our long meeting.”

”anomaly“. This is a noun which means an irregular thing that is different from what is expected.

• An example, “For the last 5 years, he has never been late. Today he didn’t come at all, this is an anomaly.”

”antidote”. This is both a noun and a verb. As a noun, it means a medicine to counteract a poison.

• An example, “The doctors searched to find an antidote to cure the virus.”

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