Level E Sadlier Unit 3

adversary

(n.) an enemy, opponent.
Synonyms: antagonist, rival, foe.
Antonyms: friend, ally, supporter, confederate.

alienate

(v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey. Synonyms: separate, drive apart, estrange.
Antonyms: befriend, attract, captivate, reconcile.

artifice

(n.) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery.
Synonyms: ruse, stratagem, contrivance.

coerce

(v.) to compel, force.
Synonyms: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain.
Antonyms: persuade, cajole.

craven

(adj.) cowardly; (n.) a coward.
Synonyms: fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous.
Antonyms: brave, courageous, valiant.

culinary

(adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen.

demise

(n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position.
Synonyms: decease, passing away.
Antonyms: birth, beginning, commencement.

exhilarate

(v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to.
Synonyms: stimulate, excite, gladden.
Antonyms: discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit.

fallow

(adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (n.) land left unseeded; (v.) to plow but not seed.
Synonyms: unproductive, inert, dormant.
Antonyms: productive, fertile, prolific.

harass

(v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks.
Synonyms: annoy, pester, bedevil, beleaguer.

inclement

(adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action.
Synonyms: blustery, tempestuous, implacable.
Antonyms: mild, gentle, balmy, tranquil.

liquidate

(v.) to pay a debt, to settle an account; to eliminate.
Synonyms: reconcile, pay, cancel, exterminate.
Antonyms: invest, collect.

muse

(v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder.
Synonyms: meditate, contemplate, daydream.

negligible

(adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded.
Synonyms: trivial, inconsequential, insignificant.
Antonyms: significant, crucial, momentous.

perpetuate

(v.) to make permanent or long lasting.
Synonyms: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely.
Antonyms: discontinue, abolish, abandon.

precedent

(n.) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action.
Synonyms: guide, tradition, model.

punitive

(adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment.
Synonyms: penalizing, retaliatory.

redress

(v.) to set right, remedy; (n.) relief from wrong or injury.
Synonyms: rectify, correct, mitigate.

sojourn

(n.) a temporary stay; (v.) to stay for a time.
Synonyms: visit, stopover, brief stay.

urbane

(adj.) refined in manner or style, suave.
Synonyms: elegant.
Antonyms: crude, uncouth, boorish.