Vocab 3 Flashcards

1
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An enemy, opponent

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Adversary

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2
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a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

A

Artifice

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2
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To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to, transfer, convey

A

Alienate

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3
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To compel, force

A

Coerce

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4
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Cowardly; a coward

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Craven

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5
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Of or related to cooking or the kitchen

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Culinary

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6
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A death, especially of a person in a lofty position

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Demise

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7
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To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness

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Exhilarate

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8
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Plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; land left unseeded ;to plow but not seed

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Fallow

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9
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To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

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Harass

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10
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Stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

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Inclement

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11
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To pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate

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Liquidate

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12
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To think about in a dreamy way, ponder

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Muse

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13
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So unimportant that it can be disregarded

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Negligible

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14
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To make permanent or long lasting

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Perpetuate

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15
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An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

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Precedent

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16
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Inflicting or aiming at punishment

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Punitive

17
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To set right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury

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Redress

18
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A temporary stay; to stay for a time

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Sojourn

19
Q

Refined in manner or style, suave

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Urbane

20
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Adversary

A

An enemy, opponent

21
Q

Alienate

A

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

22
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Artifice

A

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

23
Q

Coerce

A

To compel, force

24
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Craven

A

Cowardly; a coward

25
Q

Culinary

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Of or related to cooking or the kitchen

26
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Demise

A

A death, especially of a person in a lofty position

27
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Exhilarate

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To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness

28
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Fallow

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

29
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Harass

A

To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

30
Q

Inclement

A

Stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

31
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Liquidate

A

To pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate

32
Q

Muse

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To think about in a dreamy way, ponder

33
Q

Negligible

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So unimportant that it can be disregarded

34
Q

Perpetuate

A

To make permanent or long lasting

35
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Precedent

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

36
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Punitive

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Inflicting or aiming at punishment

37
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Redress

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To set right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury

38
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Sojourn

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A temporary stay; to stay for a time

39
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Urbane

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Refined in manner or style, suave