1. Week 2 Vocabulary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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