Unit 3 Vocabulary (10th grade)

adversary

an enemy, opponent

alienate

to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

artifice

a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

coerce

to compel, force

craven

adjective; cowardly
noun; a coward

culinary

of or relating to or used in cooking

delete

to erase, cut out, wipe out

demise

a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

exhilarate

to enliven, cheer, give spirit of liveliness to

fallow

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

harass

to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

inclement

stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

muse

to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

negligible

so unimportant that it can be disregarded

perpetrate

to make permanent or long lasting

precedent

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

punitive

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

refined in a manner or style, suave