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vocabulary unit 3
vocabulary unit 3 part 1 and 2
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English
10th Grade
12/13/2011

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Term
adversary
Definition
(noun) opponent
My friend became my adversary when I found out we would be compeating against each other in the cooking competition
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alienate
Definition
(verb) to make indifferenet or hostile; to turn away
If I'm trying to be your friend, why are you alienating me from your life.
Term
artifice
Definition
(noun) a clever trick; craftiness
a magician has to have a clever artifice if they ant to get peoples attention.
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coerce
Definition
(verb) to compele by force or intimidation
If I have told you a million times i don't want to do it why are you still trying to coerce me!
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craven
Definition
(adj) cowardly
a craven person would not be a very good sky diver, you probably couldn't even get them on the plane.
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culinary
Definition
(adj) relating to cooking
Everyone congraduated me on my culinary skills when I won the cooking competition
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delete
Definition
(verb) to remove
If he is such a bad influence you should just delete him from your life.
Term
demise
Definition
(noun) termination, end of existence
If you think your going to eat me in the bake off get prepared to meet your demise.
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exhilarate
Definition
(verb) to enliven; to make cheerful
When I walked outside into the air I was immediately exhilarated by it, I felt alive!
Term
fallow
Definition
(adj) not in use; inactive
That work out machine you just had to get still stands fallow in the corner collecting dust.
Term
harass
Definition
(verb) to annoy continually
If you keep on harassing me about when i can come over i never will!
Term
inclement
Definition
(adj) severe, harsh (usually used to describe weather)
To my dismay there must always be inclement weather on my birthday, oh well no outdoor parties for me.
Term
muse
Definition
(verb) to think or meditate; to comment thoughtfully upon
when writing a song, songwriters often muse over how they are feeling.
Term
negligible
Definition
so small that it doesn't really matter
Oh, stop crying, that cut is negligible, its not even bleeding!
Term
perpetuate
Definition
(verb) to save, maintain, or sustain
I had to perpetuate the last note of my song with the damper peddle and really make it dramatic.
Term
precedent
Definition
(noun) example, model, standard for what follows
Instead of acting like a child around your little sister you should be a precedent.
Term
punitine
Definition
(adj) relating to inflicting punishment
That kind of bad behavior in school is going to call for some punitive repercussions.
Term
redress
Definition
(verb) to set right (noun) relief from wrong or injury
why is it that I always have to redress all the problems you make.
Term
sojourn
Definition
(noun) a temporary stay (verb) to stay for a time; to vacation
please tell me this is just gonna be a short sojourn in this town, its in the middle of no were and its creeping me out.
Term
urbane
Definition
(adj) elegant, sophisticated
My friends and I carry ourselfs in am urbane manor, we are at the peak of high society.(should be read in a british accent)
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