Honors English 1 Vocab Unit 3

adversary

enemy; opponent

alienate

v. to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; transfer

artifice

n. a skillful or ingenious device; clever trick or skill

coerce

v. to compel; force

craven

adj. cowardly/ n. a coward

culinary

adj. of or relating to cooking or the kitchen

delete

v. to erase; wipe out; cut out

demise

n. a death--esp. of a person of high position

exhilarate

v. to enliven; cheer; give spirit or liveliness to

fallow

adj. plowed but not seeded; inactive

harass

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

inclement

adj. stormy; harsh; severe in attitude or action

muse

v. to think about in a dreamy way; to 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

punitive

adj. inflicting or aiming at punishment

redress

v. to set right; remedy

sojourn

n. a temporary stay/ v. to stay for a time

urbane

adj. refined in manner or style; suave