Vocabulary Unit 3 1 Adversary Their biggest adversary

Vocabulary Unit 3

1. Adversary Their biggest adversary is the Lake Central basketball team. They can never win against them.

2. Alienate To make friends, one must not alienate others and keep a positive atmosphere. You cannot make friends with enemies.

3. Artifice The thief used his artifice to steal 4 dogs, a cat, and a big screen t. v. It took a great deal of planning.

4. Coerce Frank tried to coerce the child into giving up his toy car. He did not want to go in.

5. Craven The wizard was able to give a heart to the craven lion. How is the lion describe in Wizard of Oz?

6. Culinary Le Cordon Bleu is a French school of culinary art. This art is not on paper or canvas.

7. Delete In order to cut costs, we must delete a few zeros from your paycheck. Ohh no. They’re taking your money.

8. Demise The ceremony was held on the anniversary of his demise. He is sorely missed.

9. Exhilarate The presence of a Krispy Kreme doughnut exhilarates the senses. My mouth waters just thinking about them

10. Fallow The farmer left the field fallow while he was on vacation. It needed to be watered.

11. Harass The school bully took it upon himself to harass the new student. Why do they always do that?

12. Inclement The game was cancelled due to the inclement weather. Rain, go away.

13. Muse Jessica was often caught in a muse about her new found love. She was staring and not working.

14. Negligible The injury of the team’s best player is negligible and won’t affect the outcome of tonight’s game. They were able to win without them.

15. Perpetuate Every winter we try to perpetuate our tradition of building snow creatures. Ahhh, family traditions

16. Precedent When George Washington left office after 4 years of presidency, he set the precedent for the succeeding presidents. The knew how to act.

17. Punitive After the food fight, punitive measures were taken against the 3 students who started the whole thing. SUSPENDED

18. Redress The doctor had to redress the wounds on the accident victim. The bandages were done incorrectly.

19. Sojourn On her vacation, she went on a day’s sojourn to the city. She toured the sites.

20. Urbane The urbane manner of the candidate almost convinced me to vote for him. He looks the part of a President.

antagonist, opponent, rival • adversary

estrange, turn away, separate • alienate

trickery, ruse • artifice

bully, compel • coerce

cowardly • craven

related to cooking • culinary

expunge, remove • delete

decease, death • demise

excite, enliven, stimulate • exhilarate

unproductive, inert, dormant • fallow

pester, bedevil, annoy • harass

blustery, harsh, stormy • inclement

meditate, daydream, contemplate • muse

insignificant, trivial • negligible

continue, preserve • perpetuate

model, tradition • precedent

penalizing, retaliatory • punitive

rectify, remedy, correct • redress

visit, stopover • sojourn

elegant, suave • urbane