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