SAT 3 Vocabulary

Adversary

one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute

Alienate

experiencing or inducing feelings of isolation or estrangement

Artifice

clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others

Coerce

persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats

Craven

contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly

Culinary

of or for cooking

Demise

a person's death

Exhilarate

make (someone) feel very happy, animated, or elated

Fallow

(of farmland) plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production

Harass

subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation

Inclement

(of the weather) unpleasantly cold or wet

Liquidate

wind up the affairs of (a company or firm) by ascertaining liabilities and apportioning assets

Muse

a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist

Negligible

so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant

Perpetuate

make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely

Precedent

an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances

Punitive

inflicting or intended as punishment

Redress

remedy or set right (an undesirable or unfair situation)

Sojourn

a temporary stay

Urbane

courteous and refined in manner (typically used of a man)