| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Adversary | (n.) an enemy, opponent |
| Alienate | (v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey |
| Artiface | (n.) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery |
| Coerce | (v.) to compel, force |
| Craven | (adj.) cowardly; (n.) a coward |
| Culinary | (adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen |
| Delete | (v.) to erase, wipe out, cut out |
| Demise | (n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position |
| Exhilarate | (v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to |
| Fallow | (adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (n.) land left unseeded; (v.) to plow but not seed |
| Harass | (v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks |
| Inclement | (adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action |
| Muse | (v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder |
| Negligible | (adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded |
| Perpetuate | (v.) to make permanent or long lasting |
| Precedent | (n.) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action |
| Punitive | (adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment |
| Redress | (v.) to set right, remedy; (n.) relief from wrong or injury |
| Sojourn | (n.) a temporary stay; (v.) to stay for a short time |
| Urbane | (adj.) refined in manner or style, suave |
| Affiliated | (adj., part.) associated, connected |
| Ascertain | (v.) to find out |
| Attainment | (n.) an accomplishment, the act of achieving |
| Bequeath | (v.) to give or pass down as an inheritance |
| Cogent | (adj.) forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point |
| Converge | (v.) to move toward one point, approach nearer together |
| Disperse | (v.) to scatter, spread far and wide |
| Esteem | (v.) to regard highly; (n.) a highly favorable opinion or judgement |
| Expunge | (v.) to erase, obliterate, destroy |
| Finite | (adj.) having limits; lasting for a limited time |
| Invulnerable | (adj.) not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack |
| Malevolent | (adj.) spiteful, showing ill will |
| Nonchalant | (adj.) cool and confident, unconcerned |
| Omniscient | (adj.) knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding |
| Panacea | (n.) a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems |
| Scrupulous | (adj.) exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled |
| Skulk | (v.) to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding |
| Supercilious | (adj.) proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority |
| Uncanny | (adj.) strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation |
| Venial | (adj.) easily excused; pardonable |
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