Vocab Flashcards

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Alienate

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

Syn: separate, drive apart
Ant: befriend, attract, captivate

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Adversary

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An enemy or opponent

Syn: antagonist, rival
Any: friend, ally, supporter

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Artifice

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A skillful or ingenuous device; clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

Syn: ruse, stratagem

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Coerce

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To compel, force

Syn: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain
Ant: persuade, cajole

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Craven

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Cowardly or coward

Syn: fearful, fainthearted
Ant: brave, courageous

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Culinary

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Of or related to cooking or the kitchen

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Delete

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To erase or whip out, cut out

Syn: remove, cancel, expunge
Ant: insert, add, retain, include

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Demise

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A death, especially of a person in a lofty position

Syn: decease, passing away
Ant: birth, beginning, commencement

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Exhilarate

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To enliven, cheer, give spirt or liveliness to

Syn: stimulate, excite, gladden
Ant: discourage, dispirit

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Fallow

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Plowed but not seeded, in-active; reddish-yellow; land left unseeded; to plow but not seed

Syn: unproductive, inert, dormant
Ant: productive, fertile

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