Unit 3 Flashcards
(20 cards)
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 compel, force
Craven
(Adj) cowardly; (n) a coward
Culinary
(Adj) of or related to cooking or the kitchen
Demise
(N) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
Exhilarate
(V) to enliven, cheer, give spirit of 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
Liquidate
(V) to pay debt, settle an account; to eliminate
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 later action
Punitive
(Adj) inflicting or among at punishment
Redress
(V) to set right, remedy; (n) relief from wrong or injury
Sojourn
(N) a temporary stay; (v) to stay for a time
Urbane
(Adj) refined in manner or style, suave
Adversary
(N) an enemy, opponent