Level E unit 3 - definitions

adversary

(n) an enemy, opponent

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 or 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 a 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 aiming 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