Vocab Unit 3

Question 1

Adversary

Answer 1

Noun: an enemy, opponent

Question 2

Alienate

Answer 2

Verb: to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile;to transfer, convey

Question 3

Artifice

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Coerce

Answer 4

Verb: to compel, force

Question 5

Craven

Answer 5

Adjective: cowardly
Noun: a coward

Question 6

Culinary

Answer 6

Adjective: of or related to cooking or the kitchen

Question 7

Demise

Answer 7

Noun: a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

Question 8

Exhilarate

Answer 8

Verb: to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

Question 9

Fallow

Answer 9

Adjective: plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow
Noun: land left unseeded
Verb: to plow but not to seed

Question 10

Harass

Answer 10

Verb: to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

Question 11

Inclement

Answer 11

Adjective: stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

Question 12

Liquidate

Answer 12

Verb: to pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate

Question 13

Muse

Answer 13

Verb: to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

Question 14

Negligible

Answer 14

Adjective: so unimportant that it can be disregarded

Question 15

Perpetuate

Answer 15

Verb: to make permanent or long lasting

Question 16

Precedent

Answer 16

Noun: an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action.

Question 17

Punitive

Answer 17

Adjective: inflicting or aiming at punishment

Question 18

Redress

Answer 18

Verb: to set right, remedy
Noun: relief from wrong or injury

Question 19

Sojourn

Answer 19

Noun: a temporary stay
Verb: to stay for a time

Question 20

Urbane

Answer 20

Adjective: refined in mannor style, suave