Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
adversary | an enemy, opponent |
alienate | to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey |
artifice | a skillful or ingenious device, a clever trick, a clever skill; trickery |
coerce | to compel, force |
craven | cowardly, a coward |
delete | to erase, wipe out, cut out |
demise | a death, especially of a person in a lofty position |
culinary | of or relating to cooking |
exhilarate | to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to |
fallow | plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow, land left unseeded; to plow but not seed |
harass | to disturb, worry; trouble by repeated attacks |
inclement | stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action |
muse | to think about in a dreamy way, ponder |
negligible | so unimportant that it can be disregarded |
perpetuate | to make permanent or long lasting |
precedent | an example that may serve as a basis for intimation or later action |
punitive | inflicting or aiming at punishment |
redress | to set right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury |
sojourn | a temporary stay; to stay for a time |
urbane | refined in manner or style |
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