Unit 3 Flashcards

(39 cards)

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S: antagonist, foe
A: friend, ally, supporter, confederate

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Adversary

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(N.) an enemy, opponent

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Adversary

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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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A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

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Artifice

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To compel, force

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Coerce

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S: seperate, drive apart, estrange
A: befriend, attract, captivate

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Alienate

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S: ruse, stratagem, contrivance

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Artifice

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S: pressure, bully, constrain
A: persuade, cajole

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Coerce

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Cowardly; a coward

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Craven

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S: fearful, faint-hearted, pusillanimous
A: brave, courageous, valiant

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Craven

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Of or related to cooking or the kitchen

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Culinary

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A death, especially of a person in a lofty position

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Demise

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S: decease, passed away
A: birth, commencement

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Demise

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To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

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Exhilarate

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S: stimulate, excite, gladden
A: discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit

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Exhilarate

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Plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; land left unseeded; to plow but not seed

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S: unproductive, dormant
A: productive, fertile, prolific

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To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

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S: annoy, bedevil, beleaguer

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Stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

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S: blustery, tempestuous, implacable
A: mild, gentle, balmy

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To pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate

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S: reconcile, pay, cancel, exterminate
A: invest, collect

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To think about in a dreamy way, ponder

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S: contemplate, daydream
Muse
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So unimportant that it can be disregarded
Negligible
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S: trivial, inconsequential, insignificant A: significant, crucial, momentous
Negligible
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To make permanent or long lasting
Perpetuate
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S: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely A: discontinue, abolish, abandon
Perpetuate
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An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
Precedent
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S: guide, tradition, model
Precedent
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Inflicting or aiming at punishment
Punitive
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S: penalizing, retaliatory
Punitive
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To set right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury
Redress
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S: correct, mitigate
Redress
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A temporary stay; to stay for a time
Sojourn
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S: visit, brief stay
Sojourn
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Refined in manner or style, suave
Urbane
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S: elegant A: crude, uncouth
Urbane