Unit 3 Vocab

Question 1

an enemy, opponent

Answer 1

adversary

Question 2

(v.) To remove by striking out or canceling

Answer 2

Delete

Question 3

(adj.) Not significant or important enough to be worth considering; trifling

Answer 3

Negligent

Question 4

a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery. SYNONYMS: ruse, stratagem, contrivance.

Answer 4

artifice

Question 5

to compel, force. SYNONYMS: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain. ANTONYMS: persuade, cajole

Answer 5

coerce

Question 6

cowardly; (n.) a coward. SYNONYMS: (adj.) fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous. ANTONYMS: (adj.) brave, courageous, valiant

Answer 6

craven

Question 7

of or related to cooking or the kitchen

Answer 7

culinary

Question 8

a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

Answer 8

demise

Question 9

to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

Answer 9

exhilarate

Question 10

plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (n.) land left unseeded; (v.) to plow but not seed

Answer 10

fallow

Question 11

to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

Answer 11

harass

Question 12

stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

Answer 12

inclement

Question 13

to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

Answer 13

muse

Question 14

to make permanent or long lasting

Answer 14

perpetuate

Question 15

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

Answer 15

precedent

Question 16

to set right, remedy; (n.) relief from wrong or injury

Answer 16

redress

Question 17

inflicting or aiming at punishment

Answer 17

punitive

Question 18

a temporary stay; (v.) to stay for a short time

Answer 18

sojourn

Question 19

refined in manner or style, suave

Answer 19

urbane

Question 20

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

Answer 20

alienate