Vocabulary 3 Quick Sheet ELA 2

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering terms and definitions from the Vocabulary 3 Quick Sheet ELA 2 lecture notes.

Adversary

An enemy; opponent

Coerce

To compel, to force

Culinary

Related to cooking or kitchen

Demise

A death

Fallow

Plowed but not seeded, inactive

Liquidate

To pay a debt, to eliminate

Perpetuate

To make permanent or long lasting

Punitive

Inflicting or aiming at punishment

Redress

To set right, relief from wrong or injury

Urbane

Refined in manner or style, suave

Alienate

To turn away, to make hostile

Artifice

A clever trick, ingenious device

Craven

Cowardly, a coward

Exhilarate

To enliven, to give spirit to

Harass

To disturb, to trouble with repeated attacks

Inclement

Stormy, harsh, severe in action

Muse

To think about in a dreamy way

Negligible

So unimportant that it can be disregarded

Precedent

An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

Sojourn

A temporary stay; to stay for a time