petition
pe‧ti‧tion1 /pəˈtɪʃən/ ●○○ noun [countable]
- 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
- [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]
- 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.
- 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
- a badly behaved child