Unit 3 definitions

Question 1

adversary

Answer 1

an enemy, opponent

Question 2

coerce

Answer 2

to compel, force

Question 3

culinary

Answer 3

of or related to cooking or the kitchen

Question 4

demise

Answer 4

a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

Question 5

fallow

Answer 5

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

Question 6

liquidate

Answer 6

to pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate

Question 7

perpetuate

Answer 7

to make permanent or long lasting

Question 8

punitive

Answer 8

inflicting or aiming at punishment

Question 9

redress

Answer 9

to set right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury

Question 10

urbane

Answer 10

refined in manner or style, suave

Question 11

alienate

Answer 11

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

Question 12

artifice

Answer 12

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

Question 13

craven

Answer 13

cowardly; a coward

Question 14

exhilerate

Answer 14

to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveness to

Question 15

harass

Answer 15

to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

Question 16

inclement

Answer 16

stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

Question 17

muse

Answer 17

to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

Question 18

negligible

Answer 18

so unimportant that it can be disregarded

Question 19

precedent

Answer 19

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

Question 20

sojourn

Answer 20

a temporary stay; to stay for a time