vocab unit 3

Vocab Unit 3

Adversary

(noun) an enemy, opponent

Alienate

(verb) to turn away; make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

Artifice

(noun) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

Coerce

(verb) to compel, force

Craven

(adj.) cowardly(noun) a coward

Culinary

(adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen

Delete

(verb) to erase, wipe out, cut out

Demise

(noun) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

Exhilarate

(verb) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

Fallow

(adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow

(noun) land left unseeded(verb) to plow but not seed

Harass

(verb) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

Inclement

(adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action.

Muse

(verb) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

Negligible

(adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded

Perpetuate

(verb) to make permanent or long lasting

Precedent

(noun) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

Punitive

(adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment

Redress

(verb) to set right, remedy(noun) relief from wrong or injury

Sojourn

(noun) a temporary stay(verb) to stay for a time

Urbane

(adj.) refined in manner or style, suave