Vocabulary Unit 3 10th grade

Adversary

an enemy, opponent

Alienate

to turn away

Artifice

a skillful or ingenious device

Coerce

to compel, force

Craven

cowardly

Culinary

of or related to cooking or the kitchen

Delete

to erase, wipe out

Demise

a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

Exhilarate

to enliven, cheer

Fallow

plowed but not seeded

Harass

to disturb, worry

Inclement

stormy, harsh

Muse

to think about ina dreamy way, ponder

Negligible

so unimportant that it can be disregarded

Perpetuate

to make permanent or long lasting

Precedent

an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

Punitive

inflicting or aiming at punishment

Redress

to set right, remedy

Sojourn

a temporary stay

Urbane

refined in a manner or style, suave