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41blandishment — /blan dish meuhnt/, n. Often, blandishments. something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice, etc.: Our blandishments left him unmoved. We succumbed to the blandishments of tropical living. [1585 95; BLANDISH + MENT] Syn.… …
42blarney — /blahr nee/, n., v., blarneyed, blarneying. n. 1. flattering or wheedling talk; cajolery. 2. deceptive or misleading talk; nonsense; hooey: a lot of blarney about why he was broke. v.t., v.i. 3. to flatter or wheedle; use blarney: He blarneys his …
43con — con1 /kon/, adv. 1. against a proposition, opinion, etc.: arguments pro and con. n. 2. the argument, position, arguer, or voter against something. Cf. pro1. [1575 85; short for L contra in opposition, against] con2 /kon/, v.t., conned, conning …
44con artist — Informal. 1. a person adept at lying, cajolery, or glib self serving talk. 2. a person adept at swindling by means of confidence games; swindler. * * * …
45get — gettable, getable, adj. /get/, v., got or (Archaic) gat; got or gotten; getting, n. v.t. 1. to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension. 2. to cause to be in one s possession or succeed …
46palaver — palaverer, palaverist, n. palaverment, n. palaverous, adj. /peuh lav euhr, lah veuhr/, n., v, palavered, palavering. n. 1. a conference or discussion. 2. a long parley, esp. one between primitive natives and European traders, explorers, colonial… …
47smooth-talk — /smoohdh tawk /, v.t. to persuade by flattery, cajolery, coaxing, or the like: We smooth talked the company into a huge donation. * * * …
48sweet talk — Informal. cajolery; soft soap. [1925 30] * * * …
49Roman religion — Religious beliefs of the Romans from ancient times until official acceptance of Christianity in the 4th century AD. The Romans believed that everything was subordinate to the rule of the gods, and the object of their religion was to secure divine …
50Albertini, Luigi — ▪ Italian journalist born Oct. 19, 1871, Ancona, Italy died Dec. 29, 1941, Rome Italian journalist, an early and outspoken opponent of Fascism, who made the Corriere della Sera (in Milan) one of the most respected and widely read daily… …
