Unit 3 Flashcards

(20 cards)

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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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Artifice

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

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3
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Coerce

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(V) to compel, force

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4
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Craven

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(Adj) cowardly; (n) a coward

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5
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Culinary

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(Adj) of or related to cooking or the kitchen

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6
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Demise

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(N) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

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7
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Exhilarate

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(V) to enliven, cheer, give spirit of liveliness to

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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

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Harass

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(V) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

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Inclement

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(Adj) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

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Liquidate

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(V) to pay debt, settle an account; to eliminate

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12
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Muse

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(V) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

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13
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Negligible

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(Adj) so unimportant that it can be disregarded

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14
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Perpetuate

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(V) to make permanent or long lasting

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Precedent

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(N) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

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16
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Punitive

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(Adj) inflicting or among at punishment

17
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Redress

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

18
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Sojourn

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(N) a temporary stay; (v) to stay for a time

19
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Urbane

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(Adj) refined in manner or style, suave

20
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Adversary

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(N) an enemy, opponent