vocab unit 3 Flashcards by Stella LaMorte

Q

adversary

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an enemy/opponent

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alienate

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to turn away/make different or hostile

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artifice

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a skillful or ingenious device

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coerce

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to compel/force

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craven

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cowardly/a coward

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culinary

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of or related to cooking in the kitchen

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demise

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a death

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exhilerate

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to enliven/cheer/give spirit to

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fallow

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plowed but not seeded, inactive, reddish-yellow

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harass

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to disturb/worry/trouble by repeated attacks

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inclement

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stormy/harsh

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liquidate

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to pay a debt/settle an account

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muse

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to think about in a dreamy way

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negligible

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so unimportant that it could be disreguarded

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perpetuate

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to make permanent/long lasting

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precedent

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an example that may serve as a basis for imitation later action

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punitive

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aiming at punishment

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redress

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to set right/remedy/releif from wrong or injury

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sojourn

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a temporary stay

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urbane

A

refined in manner or style, suave