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Unit 3
vocab
20
English
10th Grade
09/20/2010

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adversary
Definition
an enemy, opponent
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Alienate
Definition
to turn away to make indifferent or hostile to transfer convey
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Artifice
Definition
a skillful or ingenious device, a clever trick, a clever skill, trickery
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Coerce
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to compel, force
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Craven
Definition
cowardly, a coward
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Culinary
Definition
of or related to cooking or the kitchen
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Delete
Definition
to erase, wipe out, cut out
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Demise
Definition
a death,especially os a person in lofty position
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Exhilarate
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to enliven, cheer, give spirt or liveliness
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Fallow
Definition
plowed but not seeded, in active, reddish yellow, land left unseeded to plow but not seed
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Harass
Definition
to disturb worry to trouble by repeated attacks
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Inclement
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stormy,harsh, severe in attitude and action
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Muse
Definition
to think about in a dreamy way ponder
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Negligible
Definition
so unimportant that it can be disregarded
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Perpetuate
Definition
to make premant or long lasting
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Precedent
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an example that may serve as basic for imitation or later action
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Punitive
Definition
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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Sojourn
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a temporary stay to stay for a time
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Urbane
Definition
refined in manner of style
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