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, contrivance

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

liquidate

(v.) to pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate

demise

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

[syn]- decrease, 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, ttempestuous, implacable

muse

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

[syn]- meditate, comtemplate, daydream

negligible

(adj.) so unimportant that it can be disregarded

[syn]- trivial, inconsequential, insignificant

perpetuate

(v.) to make permanent or long lasting

[syn]- countinue, 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