VOCAB 3

ADVERSARYADVERSARY one that contends with, opposes, or resists :an enemy or opponent He's a very smart criminal who pushes emotional buttons to get what he wants. He's quite a worthy adversary for Mac and the team.

ALIENATE to cause to be estranged :to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed And in parallel, as has been variously observed, Russia is systematically working to isolate and alienate Germany from its European neighbors

He spoke without artifice or pretense. clever or artful skill  He spoke without artifice or pretense.

COERCE :to restrain or dominate by force Miriam Aukerman of the American Civil Liberties Union says immigration agents are coercing people to surrender their rights and agree to be deported to Iraq

CRAVEN :lacking the least bit of courage As each political campaign reminds us, flip-flop is one of the withering insults of our time, suggesting weakness, or craven cowardice, or both.

CULINARY :of or relating to the kitchen or cookery      They serve a variety of culinary delights.

DEMISE to convey by will or lease our much beloved, recently demised leader

:to make cheerful and excited EXHILARATE :to make cheerful and excited the exhilarating feeling of flying that hang gliding offers

of a light yellowish-brown color FALLOW of a light yellowish-brown color What a fallow greyhound

to worry and impede by repeated raids HARASS to worry and impede by repeated raids  She was constantly harassed by the other students

physically severe :stormy INCLEMENT physically severe :stormy The game was postponed due to inclement weather.

to do away with especially by killing LIQUIDATE to do away with especially by killing He was hired to liquidate a certain businessman

MUSE to become absorbed in thought; especially :to think about something carefully and thoroughly  I could sell the house, she mused, but then where would I go

The price difference was negligible. so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention  The price difference was negligible.

to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely PERPETUATE to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely He perpetuates the myth that his house is haunted

prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance PRECEDENT prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance behavior that may be explained by a precedent event in her troubled life

inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment PUNITIVE inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment The Ombudsmen, however, have no punitive power, so the report’s findings do not carry the weight of law

It is time to redress the injustices of the past to set right ,remedy It is time to redress the injustices of the past

I will have a sojourn in the country a temporary stay  I will have a sojourn in the country

notably polite or polished in manner URBANE notably polite or polished in manner EX: The dialogue is witty and urbane.

DONE BY MOHAB OLAYAN