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Vocab Workshop E/3
Vocabulary Workshop E Unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adversary | an enemy, opponent |
| alienate | To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey |
| artifice | a skillful or ingenius device; a clever trick or skill |
| coerce | to compel, force |
| craven | (adj.) cowardly(n.) coward |
| culinary | related to cooking or the kitchen |
| delete | to erase, wipe out, cut out |
| demise | a death, especially of a person in a lofty position |
| exhilarate | to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to |
| fallow - adjective | plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow |
| fallow - noun | land left unseeded |
| fallow - verb | to plow but not seed |
| harass | to disturb, worry; to trouble with repeated attacks |
| inclement | stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action |
| muse | to think about in a dreamy way,to ponder |
| negligible | so unimportant that it can be discarded |
| perpetuate | to make permanant or long lasting |
| precedent | an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action |
| punitive | inflicting or aiming at punishment |
| redress - verb | to set right, remedy |
| redress - noun | relief from wrong or injury |
| sojourn - noun | a temporary stay |
| sojourn - verb | to stay for a time |
| urbane | refined in manner or style, suave |