Academic English 10

 (n) enemy, opponent  You are “versus” this person

 (v) to turn away, make hostile  Like you’re making an “alien” out of them

 (n) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick or skill

 (v) force, compel  Sounds like force

 (adj) cowardly  (n) a coward  Like a “raven” that can’t stand up to bigger animals?

 Pages # 1, 2, 3, 16, 18

 (adj) related to cooking or the kitchen

 (n) death, especially of a powerful person or idea

 (v) to cheer up or give spirit to

 (adj) plowed but not seeded, inactive

 (v) disturb, worry, make trouble for  Like bullying

 Completing the Sentence: p  #5, 10, 13, 14, 19

 (adj) stormy, harsh, severe (often describes weather)

 (v.) to pay a debt or settle an account – “liquidation sales” help a business pay its debts.  (v.) to eliminate

 (v) to think about or ponder dreamily  “use” your head

 (adj) so unimportant that it can be ignored  of negative importance

 (v) to make permanent  But often in a bad way

 Completing the Sentence: p  #6, 7, 11, 15, 17

 (n) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation  Makes a real “dent” in the way we think about that thing

 (adj) aiming at punishment  “pun”

 (v) to set right  (n) relief from wrong  Giving “rest” to whatever was causing pain  Usually emotional wrong/pain not physical

 (n) temporary stay  (v) to stay for a time

 (adj) refined, suave  Like Keith Urban?

 Completing the Sentence: p  #4, 8, 9, 12, 20