Unit 3

Question 1

adversary

Answer 1

an enemy, opponent

Question 2

alienate

Answer 2

to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

Question 3

artifice

Answer 3

a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

Question 4

coerce

Answer 4

to compel, force

Question 5

craven

Answer 5

cowardly, a coward

Question 6

culinary

Answer 6

of or related to cooking or the kitchen

Question 7

delete

Answer 7

to erase, wipe out, cut out

Question 8

demise

Answer 8

a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

Question 9

exhilarate

Answer 9

to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

Question 10

fallow

Answer 10

plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; land left unseeded; to plow but not seed

Question 11

harass

Answer 11

to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

Question 12

inclement

Answer 12

stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

Question 13

muse

Answer 13

to think about in a dreamy way, to ponder

Question 14

negligible

Answer 14

so unimportant it can be disregarded

Question 15

perpetuate

Answer 15

to make permanent or long-lasting

Question 16

precedent

Answer 16

an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

Question 17

punitive

Answer 17

inflicting or aiming at punishment

Question 18

redress

Answer 18

to set right, remedy; relief from a wrong or injury

Question 19

sojourn

Answer 19

a temporary stay; to stay for a time

Question 20

urbane

Answer 20

refined in manner or style; suave