Sadlier Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level E 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

ANTONYMS: -

coerce

(v.) to compel, force

SYNONYMS: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain

ANTONYMS: persuade, cajole

craven

(adj.) cowardly; (n.) a coward

SYNONYMS: (adj.) fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous

ANTONYMS: (adj.) brave, courageous, valiant

culinary

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

SYNONYMS: -

ANTONYMS: -

delete

(v.) to erase, wipe out, cut out

SYNONYMS: remove, cancel, expunge

ANTONYMS: insert, add, retain, include

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: (adj.) unproductive, inert, dormant

ANTONYMS: (adj.) 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

muse

(v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

SYNONYMS: meditate, contemplate, daydream

ANTONYMS: -

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

ANTONYMS: -

punitive

(adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment

SYNONYMS: penalizing, retaliatory

ANTONYMS: -

redress

(v.) to set right, remedy; (n.) relief from wrong or injury

SYNONYMS: (v.) rectify, correct, mitigate

ANTONYMS: -

sojourn

(n.) a temporary stay; (v.) to stay for a time

SYNONYMS: (n.) visit, stopover, brief stay

ANTONYMS: -

urbane

(adj.) refined in manner or style, suave

SYNONYMS: elegant

ANTONYMS: crude, uncouth, boorish