Vocabulary Set 3
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Jamiequinox on November 27, 2011
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Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Set 3
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Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adversary | (n) enemy; opponent synonym: antagonist; rival; foe antonym: ally; supporter; confederate |
| alienate | (v) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; transfer synonym: seperate; drive apart; estrange antonym: befriend; attract; reconcile |
| artifice | (n) a skillful or ingenious device; clever trick or skill synonym: ruse; stratagem; contrivance |
| coerce | (v) to compel; force synonym: pressure; bully; intimidate antonym: persuade; cajole |
| craven | (adj) cowardly synonym: fearful; pusillanimous antonym: brave' valiant (n) a coward |
| culinary | (adj) of or relating to cooking or the kitchen |
| delete | (v) to erase; wipe out; cut out synonym: remove' cancel; expunge antonym: insert; retain; include |
| demise | (n) a death, especially of a person of high position synonym: decease; expire; passing away antonym: birth; commencement |
| exhilarate | (v) to enliven; cheer; give spirit or liveliness to synonym: stimulate; excite; gladden antonym: dispirit; inhibit; discourage |
| fallow | (adj) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow synonym: unproductive; inert; dormant antonym: fertile; prolific; productive (n) land left unseeded (v) to plow but not seed |
| harass | (v) to disturb; worry; to trouble by repeated attacks synonym: annoy; pester; beleaguer |
| inclement | (adj) storm; harsh; severe in attitude or action synonym: tempestuous; implacable antonym: gentle; balmy; tranquil |
| muse | (v) to think about in a dreamy way; to ponder synonym: meditate; contemplate |
| negligible | (adj) so unimportant that it can be disregarded synonym: inconsequential; insignificant antonym: crucial; momentous |
| perpetuate | (v) to make permanent or long lasting synonym: preserve; prolong indefinitely antonym: abolish; abandon |
| precedent | (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation synonym: guide; tradition; model |
| punitive | (adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment synonym: penalizing; retaliatory |
| redress | (v) to set right; remedy synonym: rectify; correct; mitigate (n) relief from wrong or injury |
| sojourn | (n) temporary stay synonym: visit; stopover; brief stay (v) to stay for a time |
| urbane | (adj) refined in manner or style; suave synonym: elegant antonym: crude; uncouth; boorish |
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