| A | B |
|---|
| adversary | (n) an enemy, opponent |
| alienate | (v) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey |
| artifice | (n) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; clever skill; trickery |
| coerce | (v) to compel, force |
| craven | (adj) cowardly; (n) a coward |
| culinary | (adj) of or related to cooking or to the kitchen |
| delete | (v) to erase, wipe out, cut out |
| demise | (n) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position |
| exhilarate | (v) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to |
| fallow | (adj) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (n) land left unseeded; (v) to plow but not seed |
| harass | (v) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks |
| inclement | (adj) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action |
| muse | (v) to think about in a dreamy way, ponder |
| negligible | (adj) so unimportant that it can be disregarded |
| perpetuate | (v) to make permanent or long lasting |
| precedent | (n) an example that may serves as a basis for imitation or later action |
| punitive | (adj) inflicting or aiming at punishment |
| redress | (v) to set right, remedy; (n) relief from wrong or injury |
| sojourn | (n) a temporary stay; (v) to stay for a time |
| urbane | (adj) refined in manner or style, suave |
