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Unit 3 Vocabulary
English II SAT Vocabulary Words
20
English
10th Grade
12/17/2012

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Term
Adversary
Definition
Noun
Opponent, enemy
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Alienate
Definition
Verb
To isolate, to make unwelcome
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Artifice
Definition
Noun
Trickery, deceit
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Coerce
Definition
Verb
To persuade in a threatening manner
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Craven
Definition
Adjective or Noun
Cowardly (adj.), coward(n.)
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Culinary
Definition
Adjective
Related to cooking or the kitchen
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Delete
Definition
Verb
To remove
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Demise
Definition
Noun
Death or the ending of
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Exhilarate
Definition
Verb
to bring great happiness/joy
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Fallow
Definition
Adjective, Noun, or Verb
Barren (adj.), barren land (n.), to make barren (v.)
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Harass
Definition
Verb
To bother repeatedly and delibrately
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Inclement
Definition
Adjective
usually referring to weather- severe, unpleasant
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Muse
Definition
Verb
To think over silently, to ponder
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Negligible
Definition
Adjective
barely noticeable
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Perpetuate
Definition
Verb
To continue (may be a tradition or an idea)
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Precedent
Definition
Noun
An expectation for the future, "the bar" for other's to meet
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Punitive
Definition
Adjective
Dealing with/regarding punishment
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Redress
Definition
Verb
To improve, to fix
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Sojourn
Definition
Noun
"short journey", short stay
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Urbane
Definition
Adjective
Courteous, polite, sophisticated, well-mannered
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