petition venerable unwavering tempt brat

petition

pe‧ti‧tion1 /pəˈtɪʃən/ ●○○ noun [countable]

1. a written request signed by a lot of people, asking someone in authority to do something or change something
   • petition for/against
     • a petition against the new road
     • They wanted me to sign a petition against experiments on animals.
     • Local residents have drawn up a petition to protest the hospital closure.
     • petition drive American English (=an attempt to get a lot of people to sign a petition)

venerable

ven‧e‧ra‧ble /ˈvenərəbəl/ adjective

1. [usually before noun] formal a venerable person or thing is respected because of their great age, experience etc – often used humorously
   • venerable financial institutions
   • the venerable guitarist Pat Martino
   • a venerable tradition

unwavering

un‧wa‧ver‧ing /ʌnˈweɪvərɪŋ/ adjective

• an unwavering attitude, belief, expression etc does not change
  • an unwavering stare
  • unwavering support

tempt

tempt /tempt/ ●●○ verb [transitive]

1. to try to persuade someone to do something by making it seem attractive
   • tempt somebody into doing something
     • The new program is designed to tempt young people into studying engineering.
   • tempt somebody to do something
     • It would take a lot of money to tempt me to quit this job.
2. to make someone want to have or do something, even though they know they really should not
   • If you leave valuables in your car it will tempt thieves.
   • be tempted to do something
     • I’m tempted to buy that dress.

brat

brat /bræt/ noun [countable] informal

1. a badly behaved child
   • a spoiled brat