English Words U3 Flashcards
To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
Alienate
A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
Artifice
To compel, force
Coerce
Cowardly; a coward
Craven
Of or related to cooking or the kitchen
Culinary
To erase; wipe out, cut out
Delete
A death, especially of a person in a lofty position
Demise
To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
Exhilarate
Plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; land left unseeded; to plow but not seed
Fallow
To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
Harass
Stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
Inclement
To think about in a dreamy way, ponder
Muse
So unimportant that it can be disregarded
Negligible
To make permanent or long lasting
Perpetuate
An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
Precedent
Inflicting or aiming at punishment
Punitive
To set right; remedy; relief from wrong or injury
Redress
A temporary stay; to stay for time
Sojourn
Refined in manner or style, suave
Urbane
An enemy, opponent
Adversary