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Adversary
(n) an enemy, opponent
Alienate
(v) to turn away, to make indifferent or hostile, to transfer
Artifice
(n) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill, trickery
Coerce
(v) to compel, force
Craven
(adj) cowardly; (n) coward
Culinary
(adj) of or related to cooking of the kitchen
Demise
(n) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
Exhilarate
(v) to enliven, cheer, give spirit to
Fallow
(adj) plowed but not seeded, inactive, reddish yellow; (n) land left unseeded
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) to set right, remedy (n) relief from wrong or injury
Sojourn
(n) temporary stay
Urbane
(adj)- Refined in manner or style, Suave
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