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Vocab Unit 3 D E
Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 3 Definitions 10th grade level e
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 clever trick; a clever skill; trickery |
| Coerce | v. to compare, force |
| Craven | adj. cowardly; n. a coward |
| Culinary | adj. of or related to cooking or the kitchen |
| Delete | v. to erase, wipe out, cut out |
| Demise | n. a death, especially 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 |
| 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 late action |
| Punitive | adj. inflicting or aiming at punishment |
| Redress | v. to set right, remedy, n. relief from wrong or injury |
| Sojourn | n. temporary stay; v. to stay for a time |
| Urbane | adj. refined in manner or style, suave |