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1 vocab workshop E3
Level E unit 3
Term | Definition |
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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 clever trick; a clever skill; trickery |
coerce | (v.) to compel, 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 |
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.) relief from wrong or injury |
sojourn | (n.) a temporary stay; (v.) to stay for a time |
urbane | (adj.) refined in manner or style; suave |