Unit 3 Kemery cards english
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Terms | Definitions |
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 adversary | (n.) an enemy, opponent syn: antagonist, rival ant: friend, ally For almost ten years, the adversary of America was Osama Bin Laden. |
| alienate | (v.) , to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey syn: separate, drive apart ant: befriend, attract I felt bad for the kid that was alienated at lunch, so I invited him over to sit with us. |
| artifice | (n.) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery syn: ruse, stratagem The ingenious robber built an artifice so that he could rob a store the next without the cameras seeing him. |
| coerce | (v.) To compel, force syn: pressure, bully ant: persuade, cajole The toughest but most insecure kid in the school coerced tiny little Billy into eating garbage. |
| craven | (adj.) cowardly (n.) coward syn: fearful, fainthearted ant: brave, courageous Believe me, entering in the Triwizard Tournament is not for the craven; it requires great barvery to accomplish the three dangerous events. |
| culinary | (adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen I attended a culinary school so that I could learn the fine arts of cooking. |
| delete | (v.) to erase, wipe out, cut out syn: remove, cancel ant: insert, add In school, we learn to delete digital drama, which means that we should remove any kind of bullying that we see on the internet. |
| demise | (n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position syn: decease, passing away ant: birth, beginning Steve Jobs' demise is the reason that people aren't sure whether or not the Apple stock will go up or down. |
| exhilarate | (v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to syn: stimulate, excite ant: discourage, dispirit The exhilarating roller coaster made everyone sick at the end. |
| fallow | (adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; land left unseeded (v.) to plow but not seed syn: unproductive, inert ant: productive, fertile |
| harass | (v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks syn: annoy, pester Little Billy was harassed because everyone thought that he ate trash and was weird. |
| inclement | (adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action syn: blustery, tempestuous ant: mild, gentle My dad's inclement attitude was unknown until I found out that his favorite singer died. |
| muse | (v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder syn: meditate, contemplate I muse when thinking about sushi; i am always in the mood for it. |
| negligible | (adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded syn: trivial, inconsequential ant: significant, crucial The fact that I like to eat sushi is so negligible that it isn't even worth discussing. |
| perpetuate | (v.) to make permanent or long lasting syn: continue, preserve ant: discontinue, abolish Do not perpetuate the conversation about sushi, because it is negligible. |
| precedent | (n.) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action syn: guide, tradition George Washington set the precedent to only run for president twice; now almost all presidents follow that example. |
| punitive | (adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment syn: penalizing, retaliatory The teacher seemed punitive because he was looking for a reason to send the student to the principals office. |
| redress | (v.) to set right, remedy (n.) relief from wrong or injury syn: (v.) rectify, correct I tried to redress all of my sins, but there was so many that I couldn't do it. |
| sojourn | (n.) a temporary stay (v.) to stay for a time syn: visit, stopover My sojourn in the hotel while on vacation was disrupted when they found a dead body in one of the closets. |
| urbane | (adj.) refined in manner or style, suave syn: elegant ant: crude, uncouth The urbane lifestyle of Bill Gates is everyone's goal, even though it can be really hard. |
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