Vocab Unit 3
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Vocab Unit 3
Adversary
(noun) an enemy, opponent
Alienate
(verb) to turn away; make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
Artifice
(noun) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
Coerce
(verb) to compel, force
Craven
(adj.) cowardly(noun) a coward
Culinary
(adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen
Delete
(verb) to erase, wipe out, cut out
Demise
(noun) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
Exhilarate
(verb) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
Fallow
(adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow
(noun) land left unseeded(verb) to plow but not seed
Harass
(verb) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
Inclement
(adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action.
Muse
(verb) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
Negligible
(adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded
Perpetuate
(verb) to make permanent or long lasting
Precedent
(noun) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
Punitive
(adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment
Redress
(verb) to set right, remedy(noun) relief from wrong or injury
Sojourn
(noun) a temporary stay(verb) to stay for a time
Urbane
(adj.) refined in manner or style, suave