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Unit 3
English
Term | Definition |
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Adversary | enemy; opponent |
Alienate | to turn away; to make hostile |
Artifice | a skillful device |
Coerce | to compel; force |
Craven | cowardly |
Culinary | related to the kitchen |
Demise | a death in a lofty position |
Exhilarate | to cheer |
Fallow | inactive; plowed but not seeded |
Harass | to disturb; worry |
Inclement | stormy; harsh |
Liquidate | to pay a debt; to eliminate |
Muse | to think about dreamily; inspiration |
Negligible | so unimportant to be disregarded |
Perpetuate | to make permanent |
Precedent | an example for imitation |
Punitive | inflicting or aiming at punishment |
Redress | to set right; remedy |
Sojourn | a temporary stay |
Urbane | refined; suave |