Vocabulary Unit 3 Flashcards
Alienate
To turn away, to transfer/convey
Artifice
A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick
Coerce
To compel, force
Craven
Cowardly, a coward
Culinary
Of or related to cooking or the kitchen
Demise
Death
Exhilarate
To enliven, cheer, give spirit
Fallow
Plowed but not seeded; inactive
Harass
To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
Inclement
Stormy, harsh
Liquidate
To pay a debt; to eliminate
Muse
To think about in s dreamy way; ponder
Negligible
So unimportant that it can be disregarded
Perpetuate
To make permanent or long lasting
Precedent
An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
Punitive
Inflicting or aiming at punishment
Redress
To set right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury
Sojourn
A temporary stay
Urbane
Refined in a manner or style; suaveness
Adversary
An enemy, opponent