Unit 3 Flashcards
Punitive
Pertaining to punishment
Fallow
(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
Perpetuate
To preserve from extinction or oblivion
Redress
to set right
Demise
A Death
Inclement
Stormy; Showing no mercy
Harass
(v.) To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances
Exhilirate
To fill with high or cheerful spirits
Precedent
(n.) An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule
Culinary
Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen
Alienate
To cause to turn away
Muse
(v.) To be absorbed in one’s thoughts; ponder; ruminate
Negligible
Not significant or important enough to be worth considering; trifling
Coerce
(v.) To force
Adversary
An opponent; an enemy
Delete
(v.) To remove by striking out or canceling
Craven
coward; (adj.) Characterized by shameless fear, cowardly
Sojourn
(n.) A temporary stay, a brief period of residence; (v.) To stay for a time in place, to live temporarily
Artifice
Trickery
Urbane
(adj.) Polite, refined, and often elegant in manner