Unit 3 Vocab E

Question 0

alienate

Answer 0

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

Question 1

adversary

Answer 1

(n.) an enemy, opponent

Question 2

artifice

Answer 2

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

Question 3

coerce

Answer 3

(v.) to compel, force

Question 4

craven

Answer 4

(adj.) cowardly; (n.) a coward

Question 5

culinary

Answer 5

(adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen

Question 6

demise

Answer 6

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

Question 7

exhilarate

Answer 7

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

Question 8

fallow

Answer 8

(adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (n.) land left unseeded

Question 9

harass

Answer 9

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

Question 10

inclement

Answer 10

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

Question 11

liquidate

Answer 11

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

Question 12

muse

Answer 12

(v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

Question 13

negligible

Answer 13

(adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded

Question 14

perpetuate

Answer 14

(v.) to make permanent or long lasting

Question 15

precedent

Answer 15

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

later action

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