Unit 3 Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Adversary | (n.) An enemy, opponent |
| Alienate | (v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey |
| Artifice | (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 time |
| Urbane | (adj.) Refined in manner or style, suave |
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