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Vocab unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adversary | enemy; opponent |
| alienate | to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; transfer |
| artifice | a skillful or ingenious device; clever trick or skill |
| coerce | v. to compel; force |
| craven | adj. cowardly/ n. a coward |
| culinary | adj. of or relating to cooking or the kitchen |
| delete | v. to erase; wipe out; cut out |
| demise | n. a death--esp. of a person of high position |
| exhilarate | v. to enliven; cheer; give spirit or liveliness to |
| fallow | plowed but not seeded; inactive |
| 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; to 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 |
| punitive | adj. inflicting or aiming at punishment |
| redress | v. to set right; remedy or n. relief from wrong or injury |
| sojourn | n. a temporary stay/ v. to stay for a time |
| urbane | adj. refined in manner or style; suave |