Unit 3 Flashcards
Alienate
To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
Adversary
An enemy, opponent
Artifice
A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
Coerce
To compel, force
Craven
Cowardly; a coward
Culinary
Of or related to cooking or the kitchen
Demise
A death, especially of a person in a lofty position
Exhilarate
To enliven cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
Fallow
Plowed but not seated; in active; reddish yellowish; land left unseeded; to plow but not seed
Harass
To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
Inclement
Stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
Liquidate
To pay a debt, settle account; to eliminate
Muse
To think about in a dreamy way, ponder
Negligible
So unimportant that it can be disregarded
Perpetuate
To make permanent or long-lasting
Precedent
An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
Punitive
Inflicting or aiming at punishment
Redress
To set right, remedy; relief from wrong or energy
Sojourn
A temporary stay; to stay for a time
Urbane
Refined in manner or style, suave
