Week 2 Vocabulary

adversary (noun) an enemy, opponent SYN: antagonist, rival, foe ANT: friend, ally, supporter, confederate adversary

(verb) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey SYN: separate, drive apart, estrange ANT: befriend, attract, captivate, reconcile alienate

(noun) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery SYN: ruse, stratagem, contrivance artifice

coerce (verb) to compel, force SYN: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain ANT: persuade, cajole coerce

craven (adj.) cowardly; (noun) a coward SYN: (adj.) fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous ANT: (adj.) brave, courageous, valiant craven

demise (noun) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position SYN: decease, passing away ANT: birth, beginning, commencement demise

muse (verb) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder SYN: meditate, contemplate, daydream muse

perpetuate (adjective) to make permanent or long lasting SYN: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely ANT: discontinue, abolish, abandon perpetuate

(noun) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action SYN: guide, tradition, model precedent

punitive (adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment SYN: penalizing, retaliatory punitive