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Alienate

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To turn away, make indifferent or hostile, transfer, convey

Separate/drive apart/estrange
Befriend/attract/reconcile

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Adversary

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An enemy/opponent

Antagonist/rival/foe
Friend/ally/confederate

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Artifice

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A skillful or ingenious device, a clever trick, a clever skill, trickery

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Coerce

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To compel, force

Pressure/bully/intimidate/constrain
Persuade/cajole

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Craven

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Coward/ly

Fearful/faint hearted/pusillanimous
Brave/courageous/valient

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Culinary

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Of or related to the kitchen

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Delete

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Erase/wipeout/cut out

Remove/cancel/expunge
Insert

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Demise

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Death, especially of someone in a loft position

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Exhilarate

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To enliven cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

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Fallow

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Plowed but not seeded, inactive, Reddish yellow

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Harass

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To disturb or worry, To trouble by repeated attacks.

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Inclement

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Stormy, harsh, severe in attitude or action

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Muse

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To think about in a dreamy way, ponder.

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Negligible

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So unimportant that it can be disregarded

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Perpetuate

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To make permanent or long lasting

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Precedent

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

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Punitive

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Inflicting or aiming at punishment

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Redress

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To set right, remedy. Relief from wrong or injury

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Sojourn

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A temporary stay. To stay for a time

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Urbane

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Refined and manner or style, suave