Begnign: adj.
1. having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king.
2. showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness: a benign smile.
3. favorable; propitious: a series of benign omens and configurations in the heavens.
Inculcated: v.
1. to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually fol. by upon or in): to inculcate virtue in the young.
2. to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling (usually fol. by with): Socrates inculcated his pupils with the love of truth.
Traduced: v.
1. to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.
Blandishments: n.
1. 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.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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I would like to "We succumb to the blandishments of tropical living." Great word choices. Thanks!
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