Unit 3- Vocabulary Workshop Flashcards

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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.) is skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; the 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 or the kitchen

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Demise

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

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Exhilarate

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(V.) to live in, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

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Fallow

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(Adj.) plowed but not seated, inactive; reddish-yellow
(N.) Land left unseeded
(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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(V.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

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Negligible

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(Adj.) so unimportant that it 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

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Adversary

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(N.) An enemy, opponent