Honors 9 Unit 3 Vocabulary

Vocabulary terms and definitions from Honors 9 Unit 3.

adversary

(n.) an enemy, opponent

alienate

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

artifice

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

coerce

(v.) to compel, force

craven

(adj.) cowardly

culinary

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

demise

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

exhilarate

(v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

fallow (adj.)

(adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow

fallow (n.)

(n.) land left unseeded

fallow (v.)

(v.) to plow but not seed

harass

(v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

inclement

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

liquidate

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

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.)

(v.) to set right, remedy

redress (n.)

(n.) relief from wrong or injury

sojourn (n.)

(n.) a temporary stay

sojourn (v.)

(v.) to stay for a time

urbane

(adj.) refined in manner or style, suave