Unit 3

Question 0

Alienate

Answer 0

(v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

Synonyms: separate, drive apart, estrange
Antonyms: befriend, attract, captivate

Question 1

Adversary

Answer 1

(n.) an enemy, opponent

Synonyms: antagonist, foe
Antonyms: friend, ally, supporter, confederate

Question 2

Artifice

Answer 2

(n.) a skillful or ingenious device; clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

Synonyms: ruse, stratagem, contrivance

Question 3

Coerce

Answer 3

(v.) to compel, force

Synonyms: pressure, bully, constrain
Antonyms: persuade, cajole

Question 4

Craven

Answer 4

(adj.) cowardly; (n.) a coward

Synonyms: (adj.) fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous
Antonyms: (adj.) brave, courageous, valiant

Question 5

Culinary

Answer 5

(adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen

Question 6

Demise

Answer 6

(n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

Synonyms: decease, pass away
Antonyms: birth, commencement

Question 7

Exhilarate

Answer 7

(v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

Synonyms: stimulate, excites, gladden
Incidents: discouraged, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit

Question 8

Fallow

Answer 8

(adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (n.) land left unseeded; (v.) to plow but not seed

Synonyms: (adj.) unproductive, dormant
Antonyms: (adj.) productive, fertile, prolific

Question 9

Harass

Answer 9

(v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

Synonyms: annoy, bedevil, beleaguer

Question 10

Inclement

Answer 10

(adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

Synonyms: blustery, tempestuous, implicable
Antonyms: mild, gentle, balmy

Question 11

Liquidate

Answer 11

(v.) to pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate

Synonyms: reconcile, pay, cancel, exterminate
Antonyms: invest, collect

Question 12

Muse

Answer 12

(adj.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

Synonyms: contemplate, daydream

Question 13

Negligible

Answer 13

(adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded

Synonyms: trivial, inconsequential, insignificant
Antonyms: significant, crucial, momentous

Question 14

Perpetuate

Answer 14

(v.) to make permanent or long-lasting

Synonyms: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely
Antonyms: discontinue, abolish, abandon

Question 15

Precedent

Answer 15

(n.) an example that may serve as a basis or imitation or later action

Synonyms: guide, tradition, model

Question 16

Punitive

Answer 16

(adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment

Synonyms: penalizing, retaliatory

Question 17

Redress

Answer 17

(v.) to set right, remedy; (n.) relief from wrong or injury

Synonyms: (v.) correct, mitigate

Question 18

Sojourn

Answer 18

(n.) a temporary stay; (v.) to stay for time

Synonyms: (n.) visit, brief stay

Question 19

Urbane

Answer 19

(adj.) refined in manner or style, suave

Synonyms: elegant
Antonyms: crude, uncouth