Early American Lit - Vocab 3

Adversary

(n.) an enemy, opponent

Artifice

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

Coerce

(v.) to compel, force

Craven

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

Demise

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

Harass

(v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by 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 imitation 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