Ch 3 Flashcards
Alienate
To turn away, make indifferent or hostile, transfer, convey
Separate/drive apart/estrange
Befriend/attract/reconcile
Adversary
An enemy/opponent
Antagonist/rival/foe
Friend/ally/confederate
Artifice
A skillful or ingenious device, a clever trick, a clever skill, trickery
Coerce
To compel, force
Pressure/bully/intimidate/constrain
Persuade/cajole
Craven
Coward/ly
Fearful/faint hearted/pusillanimous
Brave/courageous/valient
Culinary
Of or related to the kitchen
Delete
Erase/wipeout/cut out
Remove/cancel/expunge
Insert
Demise
Death, especially of someone in a loft position
Exhilarate
To enliven cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
Fallow
Plowed but not seeded, inactive, Reddish yellow
Harass
To disturb or worry, To trouble by repeated attacks.
Inclement
Stormy, harsh, severe in attitude or action
Muse
To think about in a dreamy way, ponder.
Negligible
So unimportant that it can be disregarded
Perpetuate
To make permanent or long lasting
Precedent
An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
Punitive
Inflicting or aiming at punishment
Redress
To set right, remedy. Relief from wrong or injury
Sojourn
A temporary stay. To stay for a time
Urbane
Refined and manner or style, suave
