#3 Definitions Flashcards

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an enemy, opponent

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adversary

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to turn away, to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

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alienate

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a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

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artifice

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to compel, force

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coerce

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5
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cowardly

a coward

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craven

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of or related to cooking or the kitchen

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culinary

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a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

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demise

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to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

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exhilerate

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9
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plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow;
land left unseeded
to plow but not seed

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fallow

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10
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to disturb, worry to trouble by repeated attacks

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harass

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stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

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inclement

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to pay a debt, settle an account to eliminate

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liquidate

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to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

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muse

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14
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so unimportant that it can be disregarded

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negligible

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to make permanent or long lasting

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perpetuate

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an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

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precedent

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inflicting or aiming at punishment

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punitive

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to set right, remedy

relief from wrong or injury

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redress

19
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a temporary stay

to stay for a time

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sojourn

20
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refined in manner or style, suave

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urbane