Mr. Coyle's Vocab Quiz 2/15/08 Unit 3
Vocab, Unit 3
Terms
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- Harass (v)
- To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
- Craven (n)
- A Coward
- Urbane (adj)
- Refined in manner or style, suave
- Negligible (adj)
- So unimportant that it can be disregarded
- Adversary (n)
- An enemy, opponent
- Culinary (adj)
- Of or relating to cooking or the kitchen
- Fallow (adj)
- Plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow
- Muse (v)
- To think about in a dreamy way, ponder
- Precedent (n)
- An example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
- Punitive (adj)
- Inflicitng or aiming at punishment
- Perpetuate (v)
- To make permanent or long lasting
- Craven (adj)
- Cowardly
- Redress (n)
- Relief from wrong or injury
- Fallow (v)
- To plow but not seed
- Exhilarate (v)
- To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to
- Redress (v)
- To set right, remedy
- Alienate (v)
- to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey
- Sojourn (v)
- To stay for a time
- Delete (v)
- to erase, wipe out, cut out
- Fallow (n)
- Land left unseeded
- Artifice (n)
- a skillful or ingenious device; A clever trick; A clever skill; trickery
- Demise (n)
- A death , especially of a person in a lofty position
- Coerce (v)
- To compel, force
- Inclement (adj)
- Stormy, harsh; servere in attitude or action
- Sojourn (n)
- A temporary stay