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Vocab Unit 3 D E
Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 3 Definitions 10th grade level e
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 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 |