Unit 3

Question 1

adversary

Answer 1

n. an enemy opponent

Question 2

alienate

Answer 2

v. to turn away, to make indifferent or hostile, to transfer, convey

Question 3

artifice

Answer 3

n. a skillful or ingeneous device, a clever trick, a clever skill, trickery

Question 4

coerce

Answer 4

v. to compel, force

Question 5

craven

Answer 5

adj. cowardly

n. a coward

Question 6

culinary

Answer 6

adj. of or related to cooking or the kitchen

Question 7

demise

Answer 7

n. a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

Question 8

exhilarate

Answer 8

v. to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

Question 9

fallow

Answer 9

adj. plowed but not seeded, inactive, reddish-yellow
n. land left unseeded
v. to plow but not seed

Question 10

harass

Answer 10

v. to disturb, worry, to trouble be repeated attacks

Question 11

inclement

Answer 11

adj. stormy, harsh, severe in attitude or action

Question 12

muse

Answer 12

v. to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

Question 13

liquidate

Answer 13

v. to pay a debt, settle and account; to eliminate

Question 14

negligible

Answer 14

adj. so unimportant that it can be disregarded

Question 15

perpetuate

Answer 15

v. to make permanent or long lasting

Question 16

punitive

Answer 16

adj. inflicting or aiming at punishment

Question 17

redress

Answer 17

v. to set right, remedy n. relief from wrong or injury

Question 18

sojourn

Answer 18

n. a temporary stay v. to stay for a time

Question 19

urbane

Answer 19

adj. refined in manner or style, suave

Question 20

precedent

Answer 20

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