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cajole
(v.) to urge, coax (Magda's friends cajoled her into drinking too much.)

callous
(adj.) harsh, cold, unfeeling (The murderer’s callous lack of remorse shocked the jury.)

candor
(n.) honesty, frankness (We were surprised by the candor of the politician’s speech because she is usually rather evasive.)

chide
(v.) to voice disapproval (Hania chided Gregory for his vulgar habits and sloppy appearance.)

circumspect
(adj.) cautious (Though I promised Marta’s father I would bring her home promptly by midnight, it would have been more circumspect not to have specified a time.)

clandestine
(adj.) secret (Announcing to her boyfriend that she was going to the library, Maria actually went to meet George for a clandestine liaison.)

coerce
(v.) to make somebody do something by force or threat (The court decided that David Beckham did not have to honor the contract because he had been coerced into signing it.)

coherent
(adj.) logically consistent, intelligible (William could not figure out what Harold had seen because he was too distraught to deliver a coherent statement.)

complacency
(n.) self-satisfied ignorance of danger (Simon tried to shock his friends out of their complacency by painting a frightening picture of what might happen to them.)

confidant
(n.) a person entrusted with secrets (Shortly after we met, he became my chief confidant.)

connive
(v.) to plot, scheme (She connived to get me to give up my plans to start up a new business.)

cumulative
(adj.) increasing, building upon itself (The cumulative effect of hours spent using the World English website was a vast improvement in his vocabulary and general level of English.)