Vocab Level E Unit 3

adversary

n. an enemy opponent

alienate

v. to turn awwy, to make indifferent or hostile, to transfer, convey

artifice

n. a skillful or ingeneous 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

liquidate

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

demise

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

exhilerate

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 be repeated attacks

inclement

adj. stormy, harsh, severe in attitude or action

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 intimation 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