Vocabulary Unit 3

Adversary Their biggest adversary is the Lake Central basketball team.

Alienate To make friends, one must not alienate differences and keep a positive atmosphere.

Artifice The thief used his artifice to steal 4 dogs, a cat, and a big screen t.v.

Coerce Frank tried to coerce the child into giving up his toy car.

Craven The wizard was able to give a heart to the craven lion.

Culinary Le Cordon Bleu is a French school of culinary art.

Delete In order to cut costs, we must delete a few zeros from your paycheck.

Demise The ceremony was held on the anniversary of his demise.

Exhilarate The presence of a Krispy Kreme doughnut exhilarates the senses.

Fallow The farmer left the field fallow while he was on vacation.

Harass The school bully took it upon himself to harass the new student.

Inclement The game was cancelled due to the inclement weather.

Muse Jessica was often caught in a muse about her new found love.

Negligible The injury of the team’s best player is negligible and won’t affect the outcome of tonight’s game.

Perpetuate Every winter we try to perpetuate our tradition of building snow creatures.

Precedent When George Washington left office after 4 years of presidency, he set the precedent for the succeeding presidents.

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

Redress The doctor had to redress the wounds on the accident victim.

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

Urbane The urbane manner of the candidate almost convinced me to vote for him.