Vocab Unit 3 (Honors)
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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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