Unit 3

Question 1

adversary

Answer 1

someone who opposes

Question 2

artifice

Answer 2

a deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture

Question 2

alienate

Answer 2

to isolate or separate

Question 3

coerce

Answer 3

to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral, or intellectual means

Question 4

craven

Answer 4

lacking in courage; cowardly

Question 5

culinary

Answer 5

of or relating to or used in cooking

Question 6

liquidate

Answer 6

to dissolve, disband, or eliminate

Question 7

demise

Answer 7

an ending or a death

Question 8

exhilarate

Answer 8

to make someone feel very happy or animated

Question 9

fallow

Answer 9

undeveloped but potentially useful

Question 10

harass

Answer 10

exhaust by attacking repeatedly

Question 11

inclement

Answer 11

showing no mercy

Question 12

muse

Answer 12

the source of an artist’s inspiration

Question 13

negligible

Answer 13

so unimportant that it can be disregarded

Question 14

perpetuate

Answer 14

to cause to continue or prevail

Question 15

precedent

Answer 15

an example that is used to justify similar situations at a later time

Question 16

punitive

Answer 16

inflicting punishment

Question 17

redress

Answer 17

to remedy or set right

Question 18

sojourn

Answer 18

a temporary stay or break

Question 19

urbane

Answer 19

sophisticated, refined, elegant