Unit 3 Flashcards

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Punitive

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Pertaining to punishment

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Fallow

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(n.) Land that has been plowed but not yet seeded; (v.) To plow land but not seed it; (adj.) plowed and left unseeded, regarding land, uncultivated

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Perpetuate

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To preserve from extinction or oblivion

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Redress

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to set right

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Demise

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A Death

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Inclement

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Stormy; Showing no mercy

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Harass

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(v.) To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances

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Exhilirate

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To fill with high or cheerful spirits

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Precedent

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(n.) An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule

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Culinary

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Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen

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Alienate

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To cause to turn away

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Muse

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(v.) To be absorbed in one’s thoughts; ponder; ruminate

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Negligible

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Not significant or important enough to be worth considering; trifling

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Coerce

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(v.) To force

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Adversary

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An opponent; an enemy

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Delete

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(v.) To remove by striking out or canceling

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Craven

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coward; (adj.) Characterized by shameless fear, cowardly

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Sojourn

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(n.) A temporary stay, a brief period of residence; (v.) To stay for a time in place, to live temporarily

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Artifice

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Trickery

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Urbane

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(adj.) Polite, refined, and often elegant in manner