Week 3 Vocab

Question 1

Adversary

Answer 1

One’s opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute.

Synonyms: opponent, rival, enemy

Question 2

Artifice

Answer 2

Clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others

Synonyms: trickery, deceit, deception

Question 3

Coerce

Answer 3

Persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats

Synonyms: pressure, pressurize, press, push

Question 4

Craven

Answer 4

Contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly.

Synonyms: Cowardly, timid

Question 5

Demise

Answer 5

A persons death

Synonyms: death, passing

Question 6

Fallow

Answer 6

1. Inactive
2. Of a sow; not pregnant
3. Unplowed, Uncultivated

Question 7

Inclement

Answer 7

Unpleasantly cold or wet

Synonyms: cold, chilly

Question 8

Muse

Answer 8

1. Be absorbed in thought

Question 9

Negligible

Answer 9

So small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant

Synonyms: Unimportant, trivial

Question 10

Perpetuate

Answer 10

Make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely

Synonyms: Preserve, sustain

Question 11

Precedent

Answer 11

an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances

Synonyms: example, pattern

Question 12

Punitive

Answer 12

inflicting or intended as punishment

Synonyms: corrective, disciplinary

Question 13

Redress

Answer 13

1. remedy or set right (an undesirable or unfair situation
2. remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance
   synonyms: correct, right, remedy

Synonyms 2: compensate, repayment

Question 14

Sojourn

Answer 14

Temporary

Synonyms: Stay, visit, live

Question 15

Urbane

Answer 15

suave, courteous, and refined in manner.

Synonyms: Suave, sophisticated, cultured