Unit 3

Question 1

Adversary

Answer 1

n.) an enemy, opponent

Question 2

Alienate

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Artifice

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Coerce

Answer 4

v.) to compel, force

Question 5

Craven

Answer 5

adj.) cowardly; (n.)a coward

Question 6

Culinary

Answer 6

adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen

Question 7

Demise

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Exhilarate

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Fallow

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Harass

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Inclement

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Liquidate

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Muse

Answer 13

v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

Question 14

Negligible

Answer 14

adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded

Question 15

Perpetuate

Answer 15

v.) to make permanent or long lasting

Question 16

Precedent

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Punitive

Answer 17

adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment

Question 18

Redress

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Sojourn

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Urbane

Answer 20

adj.) refined in manner or style, suave