Unit 3
Terms
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- alienate
- (v) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer; to convey; SYN: separate, drive apart, estrange; ANT: befriend, attract, captivate, reconcile
- precedent
- (n) an example that may serve as a basis for intimation or later action; SYN: guide, model, tradition
- redress
- (n) relief from wrong or injury; (v) to set right; remedy; SYN: rectify, correct, mitigate
- artifice
- (n) skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery; SYN: ruse, contrivance, stratagem
- delete
- (v) to erase; to wipe out; to cut out; SAN: cancel, remove, expunge; ANT: add, insert, include, retain
- perpetuate
- (v) to make permanent or long lasting; SYN: continue, preserve, prolong, insignificant; ANT: abandon, abolish, discontinue
- culinary
- (adj) of or relating to cooking or the kitchen
- urbane
- (adj) refined in manner or style; suave; SYN: elegant; ANT: crude, uncouth, boorish
- coerce
- (v) to compel; to force; SYN: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain; ANT: cajole, persuade
- punitive
- (adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment; SYN: retalitory, penalizing
- adversary
- (n) enemy; opponent; SYN: antagonist, rival, foe; ANT: friend, ally, supporter, confederate
- harass
- (v) to disturb; to worry; to trouble by repeated actions; SYN: annoy, pester, bedevil, beleaguer
- exhilarate
- (v) to enliven; to cheer; to give spirit or liveliness to; SYN: stimulate, excite, gladden; ANT: discourage, dispirit, inhibit, dishearten
- muse
- (v) to think about in a dreary way; to ponder; SYN: meditate, contemplate, daydream
- inclement
- (adj) stormy; harsh; severe in attitude or action; SYN: blustery, implacab;e, tempestuous; ANT: mild, gentle, balmy, tranquil
- fallow
- (n) land left unseeded; (v) to plow but not seed; (adj) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; SYN: unproductive, dormant, inert; ANT: fertile, productive, prolific
- sojourn
- (v) to stay for a time; (n) a temporary stay; SYN: visit, brief stay, stopover
- craven
- (n) coward; (adj) cowardly; SYN: fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous; ANT: brave. courageous, valiant
- demise
- (n) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position; SYN: decrease, passing away; ANT: birth, beginning, commencement
- negligible
- (adj) so unimportant that it can de disregarded; SYN: trivial, inconsequential, insignificant; ANT: crucial, momentous, significant