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Vocabulary Unit 3
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop New Edition Level E by Jerome Shostak
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English
9th Grade
12/01/2011

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Term
adversary
Definition

(n.) an enemy, opponent

 

SYNONYMS: antagonist, rival, foe

ANTONYMS: friend, ally, supporter, confederate

Term
alienate
Definition

(v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

 

SYNONYMS: separate, drive apart, estrange

ANONYMS: befriend, attract, captivate,  reconcile

Term
artifice
Definition

(n.) a skillfull or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

 

SYNONYM: ruse, stratagem, contrivance

Term
coerce
Definition

(v.) to compel, force

 

SYNONYM: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain

ANTONYM: persuade, cajole

Term
craven
Definition

(adj.) cowardly;

(n.) a coward

 

SYNONYM: (adj.) fearful, fainhearted, pusillanimous

ANTONYM: (adj.) brave, courageous, valiant

Term
culinary
Definition

(adj.) of or related to cooking or the kitchen

 

SYNONYM: elegant

ANTONYMS: crude, uncouth, boorish

Term
delete
Definition

(v.) to erase, wipe out, cut out

 

SYNONYMS: remove, cancel, expunge

ANTOMYMS: insert, add, retain, include

Term
demise
Definition

(n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

 

SYNONYMS: decease, passing away

ANTOYMS: birth, begining, commencement

Term
exhilarate
Definition

(v.) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

 

SYNONYMS: stimulate, excite, gladden

ANTONYMS: discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit

Term
fallow
Definition

(adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactice; reddish-yellow

(v.) to plow but not seed

 

SYNONYMS: (adj.) unproductive, inert, dormant

ANTONYMS: (adj.) productive, fertile, prolific

Term
harass
Definition

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

 

SYNONYMS: annoy, pester, bedevil, beleaguer

Term
inclement
Definition

(adj.) stormy, harsh; severe, in attitude or action

 

SYNONYMS: blustery, tempestuous, inplacable

ANTONYMS: mild, gentle, balmy, tranquil

Term
muse
Definition

(v.) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

 

SYNONYMS: meditate, contemplate, daydream

Term
negligible
Definition

(adj.) so unimportant that it could be disregarded

 

SYNONYMS: trivial, inconsequential, insignificant

ANTONYMS: significant, crucial, momentous

Term
perpetuate
Definition

(v.) to make permanent or long lasting

 

SYNONYMS: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely

ANTONYMS: discontiue, abolish, abandon

Term
precedent
Definition

(n.) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

 

SYONYMS: guide, tradition, model

Term
redress
Definition

(v.) to set right, remedy;

(n.) relief from wrong or injury

 

SYNONYMS: (v.) rectify, correct, mitigate

Term
punitive
Definition

(adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment

 

SYNONYMS: penalizing, retaliatory

Term
sojourn
Definition

(n.) a temporary stay;

(v.) to stay for a time

 

SYNONYMS: (n.) visit, stopover, brief stay

Term
urbane
Definition

(adj.) refined in manner or style, suave

 

SYNONYM: elegant

ANTONYMS: crude, uncouth, boorish

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