vocab unit 3

adversary

enemy; opponent

alienate

to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

artifice

a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

coerce

to compel; force

craven

cowardly; a coward

culinary

of or related to cooking or in the kitchen

delete

to erase, wipe out, cut out

demise

a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

exhilarate

to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

fallow

plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; land left unseeded; to plow but not seed

harass

to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

inclement

stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

muse

to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

negligible

so unimportant that it can be disregarded

perpetuate

to make permanent or long lasting

precedent

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

punitive

inflicting or aiming at punishment

redress

to set right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury

sojourn

a temporary stay; to stay for a time

urbane

refined in manner or style, suave