Vocab Units 1, 2, and 3

adversary

(noun)
an enemy, opponent

alienate

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

artifice

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

coerce

(verb)
to compel; force

craven

(adjective)
cowardly
(noun)
a coward

culinary

(adjective)
of or related to cooking or the kitchen

demise

(noun)
to death, especially of a person in a lofty position

exhilarate

(verb)
to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

fallow

(adjective)
plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow
(noun)
land left unseeded
(verb)
to plow but not seed

harass

(verb)
to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

inclement

(adjective)
stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

liquidate

(verb)
to pay a debt, settle and account; to eliminate

muse

(verb)
to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

negligible

(adjective)
so unimpotant that it can be disregarded

perpetuate

(verb)
to make permanent or long lasting

precedent

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

punitive

(adjective)
inflicting or aiming at punishment

redress

(verb)
to set right, remedy
(noun)
relief from wrong or injury

sojourn

(noun)
a temporary stay
(verb)
to stay for a time

urbane

(adjective)
refined in manner or style, suave

Adulterate

(v.) to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value synonyms: contaminate, pollute, sully acronyms: purify, purge, expurgate

Ambidextrous

(adj.) able to use both hands equally well; very skillful; decietful, hypocritical synonyms: versatile, facile clumsy, all thumbs, maladriot

Augment

(v.) to make larger, increase synonyms: enlarge, supplement, amplify antonyms: decrease, diminish

Bereft

(adj.) deprive of; made unhappy through a loss synonyms: bereaved acronyms: replete, well provided

Deploy

(v.) to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up * synonyms: station, organize

Dour

(adj.) stern, unyeilding, gloomy, ill-humored synonyms: harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturnine acronyms: cheering, inviting, genial

Fortitude

(n.) courage in facing difficulties synonyms: resolve, steadfastness, mettle antonyms: fearfulness, timidity, faintheartedness

Gape

(v.) to stare with open mouth; to open the mouth wide; to open wide * synonyms: gawk, ogle

Gibe

(v.) (n.) to utter taughting words; an expression of scorn synonyms: ridicule, mock, deride, jeer antonyms: (n.) compliment, praise

Guise

(n.) an external appearance, cover, mask * synonyms: costume, semblance, pretense

Insidious

(adj.) intended to decieve or entrap; sly, treacherous synonmys: cunning, underhanded, perfidious antonyms: frank, ingenuous, aboveboard

Intimation

(n.) a hint; indirect suggestion * synonyms: clue, indication, inkling

Opulent

(adj.) wealthy, luxurious; ample; grandiose synonyms: rich, lavish, plentiful, abundant antonyms: povery-stricken, wretched, destitute

Pliable

(adj.) easily bent, flexible; easily influenced synonyms: supple, adaptable, resilient antonyms: rigid, in flexible,recalcitrant

Reiterate

(v.) to say again, repeat * synonyms: restate, rehash, recapitulate

Stolid

(adj.) not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull, unresponsive synonyms: impassive, phlegmatic antonyms: emotional, oversensitive, high-strung

Tentative

(adj.) experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant synonyms: provisional, inconclusive antonyms: definite, conclusive, confirmed

Unkempt

(adj.) not combed; untidy; not properly maintained; unpolished, rude synonyms: sloppy, disheveled, disordered, rough antonyms; well-groomed, tidy, neat, natty

Verbatim

(adj.) (adv.) word for word; exactly as written or spoken synonyms: exact; precisely antonyms: paraphased

Warily

(adj.) cautiously, with great care synonyms: carefully, prudently antonyms: recklessly, heedlessly, incautiously

adroit

(adj.) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

amicable

(adj.) peaceable, friendly

averse

(adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

belligerent

(adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war

benevolent

(adj.) kindly, charitable

cursory

(adj.) hasty, not thorough

duplicity

(n.) treachery, deceitfulness

extol

(v.) to praise extravagantly

feasible

(adj.) possible, able to be done

grimace

(n.) a wry facem facial distortion; (v.) to make a wry face

holocaust

(n.) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

impervious

(adj.) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

impetus

(n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus

jeopardy

(n.) danger

meticulous

(adj.) extremely careful; particular about details

nostalgia

(n.) a longing for something past; homesickness

quintessence

(n.) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

retrogress

(v.) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

scrutinize

(v.) to examine closely

tepid

(adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest