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Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary
Level E, Unit 3
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10/06/2005

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Adversary
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n. an enemy; opponent
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Alienate
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v. to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer; convey
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Artifice
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n. a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery
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Coerce
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v. to compel; force
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Craven
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adj. cowardly
n. a coward
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Culinary
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adj. of or related to cooking or the kitchen
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Delete
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v. to erase; wipe out; cut out
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Demise
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n. a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
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Exhilarate
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v. to enliven; cheer; give spirit or liveliness to
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Fallow
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adj. plowed but not seed; inactive; reddish-yellow
n. land left unseeded
v. to plow but not seed
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Harass
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v. to disturb; worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
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Inclement
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adj. stormy; harsh; severe in attitude or action
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Muse
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v. to think about in a dreamy way; ponder
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Negligible
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adj. so unimportant that it can be disregarded
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Perpetuate
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v. to make permanent or long lasting
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Precedent
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n. an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
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Punitive
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adj. inflicting or aiming at punishment
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Redress
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v. to set right; remedy
n. relief from worry or injury
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Sojourn
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n. a temporary stay
v. to stay for a time
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Urbane
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adj. refined in manner or style; suave
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