| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Adversary | An enemy or opponent . Synonym:antagonist,rival,foe Antonyms:friend,ally,supporter,confederate |
| Alienate | To turn away;to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey Synonyms:seperate,drive apart, estrange Antonoyms:befriend,attract,captivate,reconcile |
| Artifice | a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill;trickery Synonym:ruse,stratagem,contrivance |
| Coerce | to compel;force Synonyms:pressure,bully,intimidate,constrain Antonym:persuade,cajole |
| Craven | cowardly, a coward synonym:fearful,faintheated,pusillanimous antonym:brave,courageous,valiant |
| culinary | of or related to cookin or the kitchen |
| delete | to erase, wipe out , cut out . Synonym:remove,cancel,expunge antonym:insert,add,retain,include |
| demise | a death , especially of a person in a lofty position synonym:decrease,passing away antonym:birth,begining,commencement |
| exhilarate | to enliven , cheer , gve spirit or liveliness to synonym:stimulate,excite,gladden antonym:discourage,dispirit,dishearten,inhibit |
| fallow | plowed but not seeded;inactive;reddish-yellow; land left unseeded; to plow but not seed syn:unproductive,inert,dormat ant:productive,fertile,prolific |
| harass | to disturb,worry,to trouble by repeated attacks syn:annoy,pester,bedevil,beleaguer |
| inclement | stormy,harsh; severe in attitude or action syn:blustery,tempestuous,implacable ant:mild,gentle,balmy,tranquil |
| muse | to think about in a dreamy way ; ponder syn:mediate,contemplate,daydream |
| negligible | so unimportatn that it can be disregarded syn:trivial,inconsequential,insignificant ant:significant,crucial,momentous |
| perpetuate | to make permanent or long lasting syn:continue,preserve,prolong indefinitely ant:discontinue,abolish,abandon |
| precedent | an example that may serve as a basic for information or later action syn:guide,tradition,model |
| punitive | inflicting or aiming at punishment syn:penalizing,retaliatory |
| redress | to set right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury syn:rectify,correct,mitigate |
| sojourn | a temporary stay; to stay for a time syn:visit,stopover, brief stay |
| urbane | refined in manner or style, suave syn:elegant ant:crude,uncouth,boorish |
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