Unit 3 Flashcards
S: antagonist, foe
A: friend, ally, supporter, confederate
Adversary
(N.) an enemy, opponent
Adversary
(V.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
Alienate
A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
Artifice
To compel, force
Coerce
S: seperate, drive apart, estrange
A: befriend, attract, captivate
Alienate
S: ruse, stratagem, contrivance
Artifice
S: pressure, bully, constrain
A: persuade, cajole
Coerce
Cowardly; a coward
Craven
S: fearful, faint-hearted, pusillanimous
A: brave, courageous, valiant
Craven
Of or related to cooking or the kitchen
Culinary
A death, especially of a person in a lofty position
Demise
S: decease, passed away
A: birth, commencement
Demise
To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
Exhilarate
S: stimulate, excite, gladden
A: discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit
Exhilarate
Plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; land left unseeded; to plow but not seed
Fallow
S: unproductive, dormant
A: productive, fertile, prolific
Fallow
To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
Harass
S: annoy, bedevil, beleaguer
Harass
Stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
Inclement
S: blustery, tempestuous, implacable
A: mild, gentle, balmy
Inclement
To pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate
Liquidate
S: reconcile, pay, cancel, exterminate
A: invest, collect
Liquidate
To think about in a dreamy way, ponder
Muse
S: contemplate, daydream
Muse
So unimportant that it can be disregarded
Negligible
S: trivial, inconsequential, insignificant
A: significant, crucial, momentous
Negligible
To make permanent or long lasting
Perpetuate
S: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely
A: discontinue, abolish, abandon
Perpetuate
An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
Precedent
S: guide, tradition, model
Precedent
Inflicting or aiming at punishment
Punitive
S: penalizing, retaliatory
Punitive
To set right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury
Redress
S: correct, mitigate
Redress
A temporary stay; to stay for a time
Sojourn
S: visit, brief stay
Sojourn
Refined in manner or style, suave
Urbane
S: elegant
A: crude, uncouth
Urbane
