Unit 3 vocab Flashcards

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adversary

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(n) an enemy/opponent

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alienate

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(v) to turn away, to make indifferent or hostile, to transfer, convey

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artifice

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(n) a skillful or ingenious device, a clever trick, a clever skill, trickery

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coerce

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(v) to compel, force

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craven

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(adj) cowardly (n) a coward

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culinary

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(adj) of or related to cooking of the kitchen

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demise

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(n) to death, especially of a person in a lofty position

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exhilerate

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(v) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness too

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fallow

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(adj) plowed but not seeded, inactive, reddish yellow, (v) to plow but not seed

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harass

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(v) to disturb, worry, to trouble by repeated attacks

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inclement

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(adj) stormy, harsh, severe in attitude or action

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liquidate

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(v) to pay a debt, settle an account, to eliminate

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muse

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to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

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negligable

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(adj) so unimportant that is can be disregarded

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perpetuate

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(v) to make permanent or long lasting

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precedent

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

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punitive

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(adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment

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redress

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

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sojourn

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(n) a temporary stay (v) to stay for a time

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urbane

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(adj) refined in manner or style, suave