Vocabulary Workshop- Level E: Unit 3

Adversary

(n)- An enemy, opponent
[syn]- antagonist, rival, foe

Alienate

(v)- To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
[syn]- separate, drive apart, estrange

Artifice

(n)- A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
[syn]- ruse, stratagem, contricance

Coerce

(v)- To compel, force
[syn]- pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain

Craven

(adj)- Cowardly
(n)- A coward
[syn]- ((adj)): fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous

Culinary

(adj)- Of or related to cooking or the kitchen

Delete

(v)- To erase, wipe out, cut out
[syn]- remove, cancel, expunge

Demise

(n)- A death, especially of a person in a lofty position
[syn]- decease, passing away

Exhilarate

(v)- To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
[syn]- stimulate, excite, gladden

Fallow

(adj)- Plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow
(n)- Land left unseeded
(v)- To plow but not seed
[syn]- ((adj)): unproductive, inert, dormant

Harass

(v)- 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

Muse

(v)- 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

Perpetuate

(v)- To make permanent or long lasting
[syn]- continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely

Precedent

(n)- 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

(v)- To set right, remedy
(n)- Relief from wrong or injury
[syn]- ((v)): rectify, correct, mitigate

Sojourn

(n)- A temporary stay
(v)- To stay for a time
[syn]- ((n)): visit, stopover, brief stay

Urbane

(adj)- Refined in manner or style, suave
[syn]- elegant