English 10 - Level E Vocabulary Unit 3

adversary

(noun) an enemy, opponent

Syn.: antagonist, rival, foe
Ant.: friend, ally, supporter, confederate

alienate

(verb) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

Syn.: separate, drive apart, estrange
Ant.: befriend, attract, captivate, reconcile

artifice

(noun) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

Syn.: ruse, stratagem, contrivance

coerce

(verb) to compel, force

Syn.: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain
Ant.: persuade, cajole

craven

(adj.) cowardly; (noun) a coward

Syn.: (adj.) fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous
Ant.: (adj.) brave, courageous, valiant

culinary

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

demise

(noun) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

Syn.: decease, passing away
Ant.: birth, beginning, commencement

exhilarate

(verb) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

Syn.: stimulate, excite, gladden
Ant.: discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit

fallow

(adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (noun) land left unseeded; (verb) to plow but not seed

Syn.: (adj.) unproductive, inert, dormant
Ant.: (adj.) productive, fertile, prolific

harass

(verb) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

Syn.: annoy, pester, bedevil, beleaguer

inclement

(adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

Syn.: blustery, tempestuous, implacable
Ant.: mild, gentle, balmy, tranquil

liquidate

(verb) to pay a debt, settle an account; to elimimante

Syn.: reconcile, pay, cancel, exterminate
Ant.: invest, collect

muse

(verb) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

Syn.: meditate, contemplate, daydream

negligible

(adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded

Syn.: trivial, inconsequential, insignificant
Ant.: significant, crucial, momentous

perpetuate

(verb) to make permanent or long lasting

Syn.: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely
Ant.: discontinue, abolish, abandon

precedent

(noun) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

Syn.: guide, tradition, model

punitive

(adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment

Syn.: penalizing, retaliatory

redress

(verb) to set right, remedy; (noun) relief from wrong or injury

Syn.: (verb) rectify, correct, mitigate

sojourn

(noun) a temporary stay; (verb) to stay for a time

Syn.: (noun) visit, stopover, brief stay

urbane

(adj.) refined in manner or style, suave

Syn.: elegant
Ant.: crude, uncouth, boorish