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Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 3 Definitions
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10th Grade
10/14/2010

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Cards

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Adversary

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An enemy, opponent.

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Alienate

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To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey.

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Artifice

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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

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Cowardly, a coward.

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Delete

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To erase, wipe out, cut out.

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Demise

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A death,especially of a person in a lofty position.

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Culinary

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Of or relating to cooking.

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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; trouble by repeated attacks.

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Inclement

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Stormy, harsh; serve in attitude or action.

 

 

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Muse

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To think about in a dreamy way, ponder.

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Negligible

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So unimported that it can be disregarded.

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Perpetuate

 

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To make permanent or long lasting.

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Precedent

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An example that may serve as a basis for intimation or later action.

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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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Sojourn

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A temporary stay; to stay for a time.

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Urbane

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Refined in manner or style.

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