Vocabulary Unit 3 Flashcards
Alienate
V. To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
Adversary
Ad ver ser e
N.
An enemy, opponent
Artifice
N.
A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
Coerce
V.
To compel, force
Craven
Adj.
cowardly
N.
A coward
Culinary
Adj.
of or related to cooking or the kitchen
Demise
N.
A death, especially by a person in a lofty position
Exhilarate
V.
To enliven, cheer, give spirit to
Fallow
Adj
Plowed but not seeded, inactive, reddish yellow, left unseeded
Harass
V.
To disturb, worry, to trouble by repeated attacks
Inclement
Adj.
stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
Liquidate
V.
To pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate
Muse
V. To think about in a dreamy way; ponder
Negligible
Adj.
so unimportant that it can be disregarded
Perpetuate
V.
To make permanent or long lasting
Precedent
N.
An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
Punitive
Adj.
inflicting or aiming at punishment
Redress
V.
To set right, remedy
N.
Relief from wrong or injury
Sojourn
N.
A temporary stay
V.
To stay for a time
Urbane
Adj.
refined in manner or style; suave