A: In 2014, the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders earned $150 for each home game. The 36-to-39 member squad works under a yearlong contract and, in the past, the members weren't paid for attending rehearsals; now, the Dallas Cowboys organization pays the cheerleaders for practice, but does not state how much.
The definition of yearn is: to want something badly. The definition of refuse is: unwilling to accept something. The definition of dread is: to fear greatly; to feel extreme reluctance to meet or face - usually with fear. So, that really doesn't make sense at all.
Yearn, long, hanker, pine all mean to feel a powerful desire for something. Yearn stresses the depth and passionateness of a desire: to yearn to get away and begin a new life; to yearn desperately for recognition. Long implies a wholehearted desire for something that is or seems unattainable: to long to relive one's childhood; to long for the warmth of summer.