Unit 3 Flashcards
(n.) an enemy, opponent
Synonyms: antagonist, rival, foe
Antonyms: friend, ally, supporter, confederate
adversary
(v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
Synonyms: separate, drive apart, estrange
Antonyms: befriend, attract, captivate
alienate
(n.) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
Synonyms: ruse, stratagem, contrivance
artifice
(v.) to compel, force
Synonyms: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain
Antonyms: persuade, cajole
coerce
(adj.) cowardly; (n.) a coward
Synonyms: (adj.) fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous
Antonyms: (adj.) brave, courageous, valiant
craven
(adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen
culinary
(n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
Synonyms: decrease, passing away
Antonyms: birth, commencement
demise
(v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
Synynoms: stimulate, excite, gladden
Antonyms: discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit
exhilarate
(adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (n.) land left unseeded; (v.) to plow but not seed
Synonyms: unproductive, dormant
Antonyms: productive, fertile, prolific
fallow
(v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
Synonyms: annoy, pester, bedevil, beleaguer
harass
(adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
Synonyms: blustery, tempestuous, implacable
Antonyms: mild, gentle, balmy, tranquil
inclement
(v.) to pay a debt, to settle an account; to eliminate
Synonyms: reconcile, pay, cancel, exterminate
Antonyms: invest, collect
liquidate
(v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder
Synonyms: meditate, contemplate, daydream
muse
(adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded
Synonyms: trivial, inconsequential, insignificant
Antonyms: significant, crucial, momentous
negligible
(v.) to make permanent or long lasting
Synonyms: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely
Antonyms: discontinue, abolish, abandon
perpetuate
