Vocab Flashcards
Alienate
To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
Syn: separate, drive apart
Ant: befriend, attract, captivate
Adversary
An enemy or opponent
Syn: antagonist, rival
Any: friend, ally, supporter
Artifice
A skillful or ingenuous device; clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
Syn: ruse, stratagem
Coerce
To compel, force
Syn: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain
Ant: persuade, cajole
Craven
Cowardly or coward
Syn: fearful, fainthearted
Ant: brave, courageous
Culinary
Of or related to cooking or the kitchen
Delete
To erase or whip out, cut out
Syn: remove, cancel, expunge
Ant: insert, add, retain, include
Demise
A death, especially of a person in a lofty position
Syn: decease, passing away
Ant: birth, beginning, commencement
Exhilarate
To enliven, cheer, give spirt or liveliness to
Syn: stimulate, excite, gladden
Ant: discourage, dispirit
Fallow
Plowed but not seeded, in-active; reddish-yellow; land left unseeded; to plow but not seed
Syn: unproductive, inert, dormant
Ant: productive, fertile