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Mrs. Bohn - Vocab List 3
Vocab Quiz: October 24, 2008
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10th Grade
10/21/2008

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adversary
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an enemy, opponent
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artifice
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a skill or ingenious device; a clever trick; clever skill; trickery
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coerce
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to compel, force
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craven
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cowardly; a coward
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culinary
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of or related to cooking or to the kitchen
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delete
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to erase, wipe out, cut out
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exhilarate
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to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
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fallow
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plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; land left unseeded
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harass
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to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
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inclement
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stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action
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negligible
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so unimportant that it can be disregarded
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punitive
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inflicting or aiming at punishment
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redress
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to set right, remedy; relief from wrong or injury
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urbane
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refined in manner or style, suave
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*BONUS* alienate
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to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
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*BONUS* precedent
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an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
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*BONUS* sojourn
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a temporary stay; to stay for a time
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