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