Unit 3 Flashcards

(32 cards)

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Adversary

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(n)- An enemy, opponent

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Adversary

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[syn]- antagonist, rival, foe

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3
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Adversary

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A=friend

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Alienate

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

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Alienate

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[syn]- separate, drive apart, estrange

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Alienate

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A= friend, ally

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Artifice

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

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Artifice

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[syn]- ruse, stratagem, contricance

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Artifice

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A= simple or routine action

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10
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Coerce

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(v)- To compel, force

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Coerce

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[syn]- pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain

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Craven

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(adj)- Cowardly (n)- A coward

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Craven

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[syn]- ((adj)): fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous

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14
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Craven

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A=brave

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Culinary

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(adj)- Of or related to cooking or the kitchen

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Delete

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(v)- To erase, wipe out, cut out

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Delete

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[syn]- remove, cancel, expunge

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Demise

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

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Demise

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[syn]- decease, passing away

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Exhilarate

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(v)- To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
[syn]- stimulate, excite, gladden

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Exhilarate

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[syn]- stimulate, excite, gladden

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Fallow

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(adj)- Plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow
(n)- Land left unseeded
(v)- To plow but not seed
[syn]- ((adj)): unproductive, inert, dormant

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Harass

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(v)- To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
[syn]- annoy, pester, bedevil, beleaguer

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Inclement

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(adj)- Stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
[syn]- blustery, tempestuous, implacable

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Muse
(v)- To think about in a dreamy way, ponder [syn]- meditate, contemplate, daydream
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Negligible
(adj)- So unimportant that it can be disregarded [syn]- trivial, inconsequential, insignificant
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Perpetuate
(v)- To make permanent or long lasting [syn]- continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely
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Precedent
(n)- An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action [syn]- guide, tradition, model
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Punitive
(adj)- Inflicting or aiming at punishment [syn]- penalizing, retaliatory
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Redress
(v)- To set right, remedy (n)- Relief from wrong or injury [syn]- ((v)): rectify, correct, mitigate
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Sojourn
(n)- A temporary stay (v)- To stay for a time [syn]- ((n)): visit, stopover, brief stay
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Urbane
(adj)- Refined in manner or style, suave [syn]- elegant