importuned β Simple past tense and past participle of importune.
influenced β the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
inveigled β Simple past tense and past participle of inveigle.
lured β anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
pestered β to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
soothed β to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
urged β to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
wormed β Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
admonished β to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
berated β to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public.
castigated β Simple past tense and past participle of castigate.
censured β strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
chid β to express disapproval of; scold; reproach: The principal chided the children for their thoughtless pranks.
opposed β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
reproached β to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
scolded β to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
fried β cooked in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
lectured β a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
paid β a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
raked β inclining from the vertical or from the horizontal: raked masts; a raked stage.
read β to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.