VOCAB UNIT
3
LEVEL E
adversary
NOUN: enemy, opponent, rival, foe
alienate
VERB: to turn away; to make indifferent or
hostile; to transfer, convey
artifice
NOUN: Skillful or
ingenious device;
stratagem, ruse
coerce
VERB: To
compel, force
craven
NOUN: Coward / ADJ: Cowardly
culinary
ADJECTIVE: of or related to cooking or
the kitchen
demise
NOUN: death, especially of a person
in a lofty position.
exhilarate
VERB: to enliven, cheer, give spirit or
liveliness to
fallow
ADJ: Plowed but not seeded; inactive /
V: 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 an
account; to eliminate
muse
Verb: To contemplate, ponder
negligible
ADJ: unimportant; insignificant
perpetuate
VERB: to make permanent; prolong
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
Sojourn
NOUN: A temporary stay; VERB: To stay for a
time
urbane
ADJ: refined, suave, elegant