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- claim β If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
- rap β to carry off; transport.
- bum β Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
- importune β to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- sponge β any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- accost β If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening.
- crave β If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
- proposition β the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- cadge β If someone cadges food, money, or help from you, they ask you for it and succeed in getting it.
- apply β If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- peddle β to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail; hawk.
- mooch β to borrow (a small item or amount) without intending to return or repay it.
- inquire β to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- seduce β to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
- pray β to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- implore β to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- bespeak β If someone's action or behaviour bespeaks a particular quality, feeling, or experience, it shows that quality, feeling, or experience.
- postulate β to ask, demand, or claim.
- query β a question; an inquiry.
- petition β a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
- hustle β to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- resort β to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource: to resort to war.
- demand β If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
- panhandle β the handle of a pan.
- hawk β a medium-range, mobile U.S. surface-to-air missile system.
- desire β A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
- beseech β If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously.
- drum β a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- challenge β A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
- request β the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
- beg β If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
- turn β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- requisition β the act of requiring or demanding.
- tout β to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately.
- supplicate β to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- refer β to direct for information or anything required: He referred me to books on astrology.
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- splurge β to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, especially a costly one: They splurged on a trip to Europe.
- use β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- kickback β a percentage of income given to a person in a position of power or influence as payment for having made the income possible: usually considered improper or unethical.
- setback β Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
- application β An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- dissipation β the act of dissipating.
- waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- valuation β the act of estimating or setting the value of something; appraisal.
- throw β to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- tune β Thomas James ("Tommy") born 1939, U.S. dancer, choreographer, actor, singer, and director.
- payoff β the payment of a salary, debt, wager, etc.
- outgo β the act or process of going out: Her illness occasioned a tremendous outgo of affectionate concern.