vocab unit 3

Question 1

adversary

Answer 1

(n) an enemy, and opponent

Question 2

alienate

Answer 2

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

Question 3

artifice

Answer 3

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

Question 4

coerce

Answer 4

(v) to compel, force

Question 5

carven

Answer 5

(adj) cowardly; (n) a coward

Question 6

culinary

Answer 6

(adj) of or related to cooking or the kitchen

Question 7

demise

Answer 7

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

Question 8

exhilarate

Answer 8

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

Question 9

fallow

Answer 9

(adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish yellow; (n) land left unseeded; (v) to plow but not seed

Question 10

harass

Answer 10

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

Question 11

inclement

Answer 11

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

Question 12

liquidate

Answer 12

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

Question 13

muse

Answer 13

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

Question 14

negligible

Answer 14

(adj) so unimportant that it can be disregarded

Question 15

perpetuate

Answer 15

(v) to make permanent or long-lasting

Question 16

precedent

Answer 16

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

Question 17

punitive

Answer 17

(adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment

Question 18

redress

Answer 18

(v) to set right, remedy;(n) relied from a wrong or injury

Question 19

sojourn

Answer 19

(n) a temporary stay; (V) to stay for a time

Question 20

urbane

Answer 20

(adj) refined in manner or style, suave