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Unit 3
Unit 3 vocab
Term | Definition |
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adversary | an enemy, opponent |
alienate | to turn away, to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer , covey |
artifice | a skillful or ingenious device; a clever skill; trickery |
coerce | to compel, force |
craven | cowardly; a coward |
culinary | of or related to cooking in the kitchen |
demise | a death, especially of a person in a lofty position |
exhilarate | to enliven, cheer, give spirit or livelinessto |
fallow | plowed but not seeded;inactive; reddish-yellow; land left unseeded; to plow but not seed |
harass | to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks |
inclement | stormy, harsh, severe in attitude or action |
liquidate | to pay debt, settle an account; to eliminate |
muse | to think about in a dreamy way, ponder |
neglibible | so unimportant that it can be disregarded |
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 punishment |
redress | to set ready, remedy |
sojourn | a temporary stay |
urbane | refined in manner or style. |