Flashcards: Vocab Unit 3
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ecareymunger on October 31, 2007
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Adversary | a person, group, or force that opposes or attracks; opponet; enemy; foe |
| Alienate | to make indifferent or hostile |
| Artifice | a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expediant; wile |
| Coerce | to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, esp. without regard for individual desire or volition |
| Craven | cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous |
| Culinary | pertaining to, or used in cooking or the kitchen |
| Delete | To remove by striking out or canceling |
| Demise | termination of existence or operation |
| Exhilarate | to enliven; invigorate; stimulate |
| Fallow | not in use; inactive |
| Harass | to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute |
| Inclement | (of the weather, the elements, etc.) severe, rough, or harsh; stormy |
| Muse | think or meditate in silence, as on some subject |
| Negligible | Not significant or important enough to be worth considering; trifling |
| Perpetuate | to preserve from extinction or oblivion |
| Precedent | any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide or justification for subsequent situations |
| Punitive | serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment |
| Redress | relief from wrong or injury |
| Sojourn | a temporary stay |
| Urbane | reflecting elegance, sophistication, etc., esp. in expression |